Sat. Shot

[NW Mailing List]

Hey, guys . . .

The engine is 104 years old.  It has been given improvements over what it ever had in service (stoker, feedwater heater); it runs nicely.  It didn’t have those refinements when I (and a good many other folks, most more capable than I) fired it in the 1970s.  

Let’s not quibble over small details.

Ed King

From: NW Mailing List 
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2015 12:09 PM
To: NW Mailing List 
Subject: Re: Sat. Shot

On 6/29/2015 9:52 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:

  I do not recall ever having seen red number boards on an engine.  Was this genuine Southern Ry practice for these engines like the 4501, or is it just a figment of "modern creative imagination"......?


(snip)

As I recall, the Southern did the paintwork on 1401 before shipping it to DC.  Photo shows red number board and red inside the bell and headlight visor. 

http://locomotive.wikia.com/wiki/Southern_Railway_No._1401?file=Steam_locomotive.jpg

I suspect in operation the red got dirty fast. 

Take care
Bill 

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