Bob and Vance,
Thank you both for the pictures that show the two exambles of firebox
proportions and positioning. When looking at locomotive photos the firebox
size and location is not obvious unless one has some knowledge about the
various firebox configurations that were in use.
It is curious
Vance and Keith,
Thanks for the information. My limited library hadn't turned up any pitures with
enough detail to help with my fake Ruby firebox.
Later,
Trent
P.S.- Naked boilers and frames? Do you have to be of age to view such things?
grin
VR Bass wrote:
Folks, those of you who are
Steve,
How much of the cab was filled by the boiler depended on the builder of the
cab. A good example is the Crystal River 103, an outside-frame 2-8-0
delivered with the backhead sticking out the back of the cab. The cab was
later replaced with a really long 3-window cab by new owner DRG,
At 02:15 PM 4/27/01 -0600, you wrote:
How much of the cab was filled by the boiler depended on the builder of the
cab.
Vance
And then there are some who feel that engine driving was never the
same after cabs were enclosed. :-)
hw
Good picture Vance. Here is another one that I had in my files. I loaded it
up to my site and you can access it with this url:
http://www.geocities.com/cgnr.geo/299diagram.jpg
This is a cutaway of the Pannama Railroad engine that I use to climb all over
as a kid. It was in front of the local
