E3 locomotives

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Abe

We only have bits and pieces of history.  What about the second life of 
locomotive boilers.  Three of the 5 Y1 class were converted to 
stationary boilers.  Two at Roanoke and one at Bristol roundhouses.  Why 
were three chosen for conversion to stationary boilers?

Jim Blackstock


On 11/7/2022 7:53 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:
> What I always wondered about with the E3 engines is how the N&W shop 
> forces dealt with those Belpaire fireboxes.
>
> Given that the E3's were only on the N&W for a dozen years or so, it 
> may well be that none of the engines ever came due for firebox 
> renewal.  Constructing a Belpaire firebox would have required new 
> jigs, the drafting of new drilling patterns, new stay bolt practices,  
> and probably a lot more new ways and means which I never thought of.
>
> It is indeed unfortunate that shop history and practices were seldom 
> recorded at the local level. Our knowledge of such matters is largely 
> confided to industry trade press magazines.
>
> Same for the X-1 and Y-1 Mallet engines. Wouldn't it be grand to have 
> written accounts from local people about the introduction, operation 
> and maintenance of these machines ?
>
> -- abram burnett,
>         warlord troll of the turnip nation
>
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