Locos at Clare OH early 1900s

[NW Mailing List]

That is the early top mount check valve on the M1 where water enters the 
boiler. You can read about it in the N&WHS Newsletter Vol.6, No. 1, Jan. 
- Feb. 1990. Search the online archives to see pictures of the pipes 
from the injectors to the domes.

Jimmy Lisle


On 8/9/2016 1:41 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:
> Curious if anyone knows the purpose of the 'extra' dome that is located
> between the sand dome and the bell on these two locos? Probably 4-8-0s.
>
> Thanks,  John Garner   Newport VA
>