Norfolk and Western No. 2300

Norfolk and Western #2300, nicknamed Jawn Henry, was built in May 1954 by the Baldwin locomotive works. It was a 4,500 horsepower (3,400 kW) steam turbine-electric locomotive for freight service on the Norfolk and Western Railway.
It was nicknamed Jawn Henry after the legend of John Henry, a rock driller who famously raced against a steam drill and won, only to die immediately after. Length including tender was 161 ft 1-1/2 inches, probably the record for a steam locomotive; engine-only length was 111 ft 7-1/2 inches, perhaps the record for any single unit.
The unit looked similar to the C&O turbines but differed mechanically; it was a C+C-C+C with a Babcock & Wilcox water-tube boiler with automatic controls. The boiler controls were sometimes problematic, and (as with the C&O turbines) coal dust and water got into the motors. The Jawn Henry was retired, stricken from the N&W roster on January 4, 1958 and scrapped later that same year.
==Trivia==
*When first built, it was fitted with the standard 12 inch hooter, but because of the higher boiler pressure it would overflow instantly, and the only sound that came out was a toneless, deafening shriek. Afterwards it was fitted with an air horn.
*In 1955, the N&W was prepared to purchase 25 more from Baldwin, however Baldwin increased the price tag exponentially forcing the N&W to buy even more diesels.
*The Jawn Henry is shown in Herron Rail's Pocahontas Glory Volumes 2, 7, 8, and Pillars of Smoke in the Sky. 
==Gallery==
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Category:Steam locomotives
Category:Norfolk and Western locomotives
Category:Built in 1954
Category:American locomotives
Category:Scrapped locomotives
Category:Baldwin locomotives
Category:Freight locomotives
Category:Locomotives
Category:Steam Turbine locomotives
Category:6-6-6-6 locomotives
Category:C+C-C+C locomotives
Category:4 foot 8 1⁄2 inch gauge
Category:Standard gauge locomotives
Category:Tender locomotives
Category:Standard gauge locomotives of the United States