Large Scale Central

Golden locomotive!

General Discussion
#21
Richard Smith said:
Steve Featherkile said:
Gee, I thought that was a port hole.

I was at sea too long, I guess.


The thought of opening that “port hole” and seeing Steve Featherkile peering back at me is downright scary! :wink:

Put that in your pipe and smoke it!

#22

Mark- That ‘thing’ is a water column (stand pipe). Also called a penstock. It’s used to supply water to the tender. Railroads used them in yards (or other places) where there wasn’t a lot of trackside room for a tank.

-Kevin.

#23

I think he is referring to that boxcar looking thingy hanging off the end of the tender, kind of blue-gray with reddish stripes. If you look closely, the penstock is hanging off the side of the tender, not the back. :lol:

#24
Steve Featherkile said:
I think he is referring to that boxcar looking thingy hanging off the end of the tender, kind of blue-gray with reddish stripes. If you look closely, the penstock is hanging off the side of the tender, not the back. :lol:
And if you look even closer, the "boxcar thingy" is on the adjoining track ;) Ralph
#25
Ralph Berg said:
Steve Featherkile said:
I think he is referring to that boxcar looking thingy hanging off the end of the tender, kind of blue-gray with reddish stripes. If you look closely, the penstock is hanging off the side of the tender, not the back. :lol:
And if you look even closer, the "boxcar thingy" is on the adjoining track ;) Ralph
Ooops! :)
#26

And its an F-unit in CB&Q colors

Whoever said it, they are correct there is a CB&Q 4-8-4 on display at the Colorado Railroad Museum. But I dont know if it is the same class.

I wondered if the extended smokebox had something to do with the environment the locomotive worked in.

#27

I think that’s an E unit. Possibly E7, based on the side windows.

#28

Based on the look of that engine, I’d say teh extended smokebox contains a feedwater heater, and most likely a multiple-valve headend throttle & superheater header. all that stuff takes up some serious space.

#29

Yeah cause on a Engineers side view you can see the throttle right before the jacketing begins

#30

Most of the big modern 4-8-4 types had quite long smoke box fronts including even the SP GS’s.