Came across this car while surfing the web. Sub title only said PRR Atlas #2. My guess it's a slug. Anyone know what it does?
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All that I've found was that this was a shunt engine that moved around the docks in Cleveland , Ohio
here are a few different versions...
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A car pusher.
Notice it is narrower than Standard Gauge. This electric locomotive was built by the Atlas Car Co (Cleveland, Ohio). It operated on power much like todays subway's, from an electric third rail. It was specifically designed for use as pusher to facilitate placing cars to be filled by ore/coal operated with the Hulett Unloaders that used to be commonly seen on the docks of the Great Lakes. These locomotives ran on a separate set of tracks narrower than Standard Gauge located between the main tracks for the ore and coal cars being loaded. They were equipped with arms that could be extended out on either side to spot (place) the empty rail cars into position for loading and then move loaded cars away.
I have also seen similar locomotives and systems used as pushers for loading and unloading ore/coal from rail to ship or vice versa on the former C&O dock (now CSX) in Toledo and the PRR's (Conrail) now defunct docks 122 and 124 in Philly. Most likely other locations I'm not aware of also.
Hope this helps.
I believe they were called 'Barneys'. They were not actually not powered, (some were) but attached to a cable that ran under the tracks. They worked at ore docks that pushed hopper cars up a steep trestle that unloaded the ore or coal into a ship.
Chuck Sartor posted:I believe they were called 'Barneys'. They were not actually not powered, (some were) but attached to a cable that ran under the tracks. They worked at ore docks that pushed hopper cars up a steep trestle that unloaded the ore or coal into a ship.
With all due respect, you are referring to another system which was used to move a loaded single car (or possibly two) up the ramp to the unloader on the pier. Often called a mule, barney or rabbit, it did indeed run between the rails, and was operated by a cable system, pushing a car up the ramp, dropping down at the top and returning to the bottom of the ramp under the gauge to repeat the cycle. Their maximum height was about coupler level. No onboard operator and no cab, look closely below…from WM Port Covington dock
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Very interesting little pusher. Really like the mule as well.
Hey guys thanks for all the info.
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