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auto-train The auto-train locomotives were not capable of providing power and steam heat to passenger cars of the train, so steam generator cars were needed. |
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Some of the initial generator cars were converted from steam locomotive tenders, as was # 130. Number 130 was built as a locomotive tender for one of Northern Pacific's class A 4-8-4 locomotives (all later NP steam classes had welded tender sides). It was produced by Alco in 1926-27. Image: Stan Jackowski |
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AT 130 painted up for the first time... Image: Stan Jackowski |
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Eventually, HEP (Head End Power) duties shifted more and more to converted baggage cars -- like auto-train 137 -- and the modified tenders like 130 fell into disuse. Image: Stan Jackowski |
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Steam Generator #130, photographed March 9, 1977. Image: Don Jaworski |
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Alas, in 1977 an auto carrier car even took the poor steam generator's number. Image: George W. Hamlin |
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