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 Posted - November 10 2015 : 10:46:33 AM
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i have seen a number of locos,with these barrels shaped items on top of the boiler,what are they,cheers in advance ken
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Posted - November 10 2015 : 11:34:41 AM
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A type of feed-water heater, perhaps?
For making tea?
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Posted - November 10 2015 : 1:48:54 PM
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This is only a guess, and you'd have to be able to trace some plumbing to really know, but it looks like a compressed air tank. I notice that there isn't one in the usual place under the walkway. Are there pictures of the other side of the engine?
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 Posted - November 10 2015 : 2:17:27 PM
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sorry about quality
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Posted - November 10 2015 : 2:28:52 PM
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apparently they are boiler top reservoirs,most locos that had them were on the steep inclines of narrow gauge railroads,from what i managed to glean from the book,thanks for tip scsshaggy,got me looking,amazing what turns up also when trying to find info,model of the above loco
http://www.sidestreet.info/locos/loco84.html
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Edited by - catfordken on November 10 2015 2:35:02 PM
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Posted - November 10 2015 : 5:02:49 PM
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well lotta the Colorado narrow gauge did run in High Altitude lines
so this could be something to compensate for the high elevations of the Rockies 
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Posted - November 10 2015 : 6:24:19 PM
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Ken, I admire your ability or persistence in finding verification. I tried and couldn't find mention of the tanks on the internet.
I think the odd placement of the tank is probably from it being an afterthought. Some engines were built before air brakes were universally used and before electric headlights. Then, they were retrofitted with those modern appliances wherever they would fit. You'll note that the air tank is stuck in under the bell and the dynamo is stuffed in just behind that.
Also, most newer engines put the compressor on the fireman's side. Having it on the engineer's side is kind of odd, too. I don't know if it's an older practice or just where it was easiest to put the thing on a retrofit.
I operate a Heisler with the air brake reservoir in the fuel bunker. Its headlight bracket is big enough to hold a kerosene headlight and the dynamo is shoehorned in between the bell and the sand dome.
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Posted - November 10 2015 : 6:33:28 PM
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thanks for all your help scsshaggy,going to make one for my narrow gauge mdc 2-8-0
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Posted - November 11 2015 : 07:04:05 AM
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It truth it is a type of backwoods whiskey still applied to the locomotive to provide those on the train with a constant volume of whiskey, keeping the party train going. It may have been designed by Jack Daniels. When they ran of wood, they would burn the Whisky.
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