superheater company
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superheater company
would anyone have drawings of the superheater company plate attached to the smokebox of a FEF 3. I have details of the owners plate only.
much appreciate any help.
much appreciate any help.
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Re: superheater company
Check with David Bortz at Superscale. He has Elesco superheater plates.
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Re: superheater company
This one is from Baldwin. Per the annotation in the lower left It appears that it's a BLW tracing of an Elesco drawing and I'm guessing it's a standard design. C.O. 1163 in the upper right was an order number annotated by Lima and is for a class of USATC 2-8-2s. At least a couple of the USATC WWII designs were made to a common set of drawings by more than one manufacturer.
Re: superheater company
Also Mike V has them.
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Re: superheater company
thankyou so much for your help, dont suppose you have an Alco one to suit fef.
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Re: superheater company
If you can't find anything more definitive, you are probably safe using the drawing I posted. It's dated 1941, only two years before the FEF-3s were made, and was specified for the entire production of the USATC S-160s which were built from 1942 through 1945. This is per a Lima card index which specifies use of the BLW drawing and says the plate was provided by Elesco. The plate would have been the same for S-160s made by Lima, BLW, and ALCO, as the parts interchanged between the three manufactures.
The drawings Mark posted are a slightly different style and date from about 1920.
It is possible that the FEF-3 super heaters are configured differently than the S-160s so different patent numbers might apply.
Where is the Elesco patent plate placed on the FEF-3? Possibly on the right side of the smokebox hidden by the "elephant ears?"
The drawings Mark posted are a slightly different style and date from about 1920.
It is possible that the FEF-3 super heaters are configured differently than the S-160s so different patent numbers might apply.
Where is the Elesco patent plate placed on the FEF-3? Possibly on the right side of the smokebox hidden by the "elephant ears?"
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Re: superheater company
yes were you said though exact location depends on what photo lol, I think there is an Alco builders plate, superheater company plate and a UP owners plate..
Re: superheater company
I offer the ones in the picture attached here they are what are on my Alco Northern
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Re: superheater company
cheers but I think the wrong scale I'm 5 inch gauge for 1 1/8th
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Any idea of the text type used on these plates.
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Re: superheater company
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