Another 2900 project...
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Kimball McGinley You make your models your way. We will make ours our way.
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Things are progressing along. It's actually starting to look like a locomotive.
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Hi Sf 2900,
what an impressive look, i like your work on the timken parts very much, keep up the good work!
How big is the Volume of the Boiler?
All the best
Chris
what an impressive look, i like your work on the timken parts very much, keep up the good work!
How big is the Volume of the Boiler?
All the best
Chris
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Boiler is 12 3/4" OD with 3/8" thick walls. It is 42" from the front flue sheet to the rear flue sheet which would make the gross volume approx. 4,750 cubic inches. FYI, the smoke box is 22" in length and the firebox (measured at the top) is 21" in length.
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Hello SF 2900,
That's a very big boiler, indeed! And we thought our boilers for the Y, my A and the J under construction were big ones but that of your fat 2900 is about 50 % bigger!
Like that engine, the prototype of which will be returned to service next? year, too. I got a lifelong membership of the club 2926 this year. Saw the engine and her sister 5011 at Sacramento more than 20 years ago.
Go ahead and please continue reporting about your fine work!
Asteamhead
That's a very big boiler, indeed! And we thought our boilers for the Y, my A and the J under construction were big ones but that of your fat 2900 is about 50 % bigger!
Like that engine, the prototype of which will be returned to service next? year, too. I got a lifelong membership of the club 2926 this year. Saw the engine and her sister 5011 at Sacramento more than 20 years ago.
Go ahead and please continue reporting about your fine work!
Asteamhead
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Very nice. was the rear cradle from a casting or did you fab it ?
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Fab. Draw, cut, weld. Rinse and repeat.
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It looks great. The rear end of the cradle looks like a casting! so nice work!
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Ward,
Will the smokebox be jacketed and or lagged? On the C&O J3a's, the smokebox had jacketing but I can't tell on the erection drawings if they had lagging as well, though I doubt they did.
Thanks,
Rob
Will the smokebox be jacketed and or lagged? On the C&O J3a's, the smokebox had jacketing but I can't tell on the erection drawings if they had lagging as well, though I doubt they did.
Thanks,
Rob
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Most later locomotives has lagged and jacketed smokeboxes.