And another from Boissevain. Jeffery trolley-type.

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Nice to see a preserved coal mine locomotive with air brakes, not many around. Wonder if it still has the motor driven air compressor under the hood. I think the air brake components were added later.

Ray

what do you call a locomotive with a short cab, like the Whitcomb in the post on page 14? is there a specific name?

John

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low clearance locomotive

From the Beckley Exhibition Mine in Beckley, WV, a pair of Mancha storage battery motors, that, according to the tourguides, were converted from trolley-types.

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The yellow one at Beckley:

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that looks like it has a real tight wheel base, must have been some sharp curves where that operated! interesting design. john, you seem to be hunting out all the mine locomotives in the state and then some!

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AND, what may be my favorite, so far, the super-low Atlas Type F, the back-up motor at Beckley:













its literally knee-high.

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Nice shots all very old mine locomotives

So you like the Atlas type F huh. . . we will keep that in mind

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they're so low. i guarantee i could drive one under my jeep.

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and they're good for workin' the low vein, chuck.

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Here is a shot of a Trolley Pole Mining locomotive from the Scrub Oaks mine in New Jersey / NJ operated by the Alan Wood Steel company.

Can anyone identify this locomotive? A Mancha or Atlas?

wow thats funny how low the locomotive is for how high the mine and the mine cars are..... it looks like the trolly pole is on an extension!

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Well, Ray, as far as air brake equipped motors go, I did find this pair up at the East Broad Top. They look like GE products to me.

I'll leave it up to you to guess the gauge.

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Are those mining locomotives? They look more like narrow guage trucks for a GE 44 tonner or similar locomotive. But I could be wrong. Anyone?

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