10-30-2011, 07:01 AM
*** Here is the drawing of the back of the cab. This is the my only source of information as to the cab interior. What is there, and where it goes. From here with this drawing in I can start on the cab detailing.
** A big quesrion ? ? ? Does anyone know what all that piping, values, and things are for. I know a few. Fire box doors, throttle, pressure gagues. Maybe a sight Glass. Seat location on firemans side to be duplicated on engineers side. A round circle that I was told is for the reversing the locomotive. Water feed pipes and values ( I don't know, why so many, and why they are equalized, or what they do. Equalizing valve. Shelf. 6 levers off of floor, 4 control the ash releases, the other two ? ? ?. The stuff at a level under the engineers seat ? ? ?. The strange device with 3 connections on the bottom, above the engineers eye level, what is it ? ? ?. And whatever you see that I dont.
Frank ak - toptrain
Edit: Photo deleted, by request.
** A big quesrion ? ? ? Does anyone know what all that piping, values, and things are for. I know a few. Fire box doors, throttle, pressure gagues. Maybe a sight Glass. Seat location on firemans side to be duplicated on engineers side. A round circle that I was told is for the reversing the locomotive. Water feed pipes and values ( I don't know, why so many, and why they are equalized, or what they do. Equalizing valve. Shelf. 6 levers off of floor, 4 control the ash releases, the other two ? ? ?. The stuff at a level under the engineers seat ? ? ?. The strange device with 3 connections on the bottom, above the engineers eye level, what is it ? ? ?. And whatever you see that I dont.
Frank ak - toptrain
Edit: Photo deleted, by request.
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