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Detail I thought wrong is sometimes right

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#1

I was looking at Bachmann 4-6-0 smokebox front plate and thinking way it is a slightly larger diameter and overhangs smokebox sides just couldn’t be right.

Well . . .

Looking through a couple books at other detail ideas noticed some photos showing, yes, that is sometimes the case. One even had a good close-up.

Books were The Age of Steam, by Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg, it’s the one with closeup of a loco with that; and, The Pacific Coast Company, by Gerald M. Best.

Wow, the stuff ya learn when ya ain’t looking for it!

later,
Forrest

#2

I think it MIGHT be the case very often. Here’s a shot of #15 on EBT showing what I think you’re talking about.

(http://www.jbrr.com/Pics/Locomotives/EBT/Locomotive/IMG_4890w.JPG)

#3

Hey Bruce;

That would be the thing.

Some other useful things show too - like the cinder dumping pipe on bottom of smokebox.
Lubricator line into top of valve chest.
And the ‘whatever-it-is’ valve on front of valve chest.
(anti-drifting valve?)

#4

That photo reminds me of something I’ve been wondering… Do oil burning locos get covered with as much soot and grime as coal burners do?

#5

Hey Ray, that would be a good question to put up in Prototypes.
I’m going to put that up in a Yahoo Group I’m in - Early Rail.

#6
Ray Dunakin said:
That photo reminds me of something I've been wondering... Do oil burning locos get covered with as much soot and grime as coal burners do?
Prolly more! The black smoke is heavier than coal smoke, and a little more stickier. Going uphill thru tunnels or during a downpour would coat the loco with black, sticky goo.
#7

All I know is that riding an open car behind an oil fired steam engine can be quite a dirty experience.

#8
John Bouck said:
Going uphill thru tunnels or during a downpour would coat the loco with black, sticky goo.
Eewwwww, gross.
#9

Riding behind a coal burner in an open car is a mess too.

#10

Inside of the cab and the fireman get to stay a little cleaner though…