Re: oil firing (was firebox Facts!)

[TrotFox Greyfoot]

Actually, it reminds me of a blowdown muffler I have seen on a few
mainline locos.  Do the blowdown valves on this loco open out to the
sides as per normal?  If not they might be piped back to this canister
where the noise and velocity of the water can be restricted before
letting it fall onto the track through the pink part which would be
almost as wide as the rails...

Just a thought... it might have been installed to protect the cane..? 
Really need a photo of it, as opposed to a drawing where the artist
could have missed some detail. (no offence intended if you are the
artist)

Trot, the guessing, fox...

On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 17:48:44 -0500, Keith Taylor
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vance Bass" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Multiple recipients of sslivesteam" <sslivesteam@colegroup.com>
> Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 4:53 PM
> Subject: Re: oil firing (was firebox Facts!)
> 
> > Hey, Keith,
> >
> > Following your good info about coal ashpans, I was reminded of a
> > question I have been unable to answer about the oil-fired model I'm
> > building. The thing has a tank under the oil bunker that I took to be
> an air
> > tank at first. But on closer examination of the plans, there are two
> > problems with that: no air pump, and little sliding flaps on the ends
> of the
> > tank. So, clearly, it's not an air tank.

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