Questions from Arrow Vol 35, Issue3

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Roger

I believe that the flues and tubes were the easiest to get and make a quicker return on value to the scrapper, and that is what the scrapping business was all about, a quick return on investment. This is typical of many scrapping photos of the era that I have seen.

On the drawing on 44-45, if you look closely at the lower right corner in the data block, you will note that the drawing is from the Balmar Corporation Manufacturer of Devices for Franklin Railway Supply, who provided the boosters, so N&W did not choose to represent a 2-8-2, it was the drawing from Franklin.

Best
Ken Miller

> On Nov 1, 2019, at 12:31 AM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
> 
> I just received my new Arrow a couple days ago and it made me wonder about a couple things.
> 
> First, the photo on page 2 showing the steamers on the way to the scrapper show their boilers cut in an odd manner. Why would they cut them to only remove the tubes? Were they of no value to scrappers or were they of value to the railroad?
> 
> Second, the diagram on pages 44-45 show the booster plumbing for a steamer. Why would the N&W choose to show the application on a 2-8-2 since there were no N&W Mikados? Just seems odd to me.
> 
> Thanks for the great Arrow........as usual!
> 
> Roger Huber
> Deer Creek Locomotive Works
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