Convention videos - Safe-Ending Flues (and more!)

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Couple more videos have been added to the channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@NWHSvideos-t1r

Jim Cochran

On Sat, Jun 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

> Rick’s talk on this topic is one that I would have loved to have seen in
> person, so thanks to the Society for recording and posting this.
>
> I’m not certain Rick is on the list, but if he is, I have a few follow up
> questions.
>
> You mentioned that the D&H, C&NW, C&O, NP, Mil, and NYC used welded
> boilers somewhat extensively, or experimented with them. Were all of these
> boilers products of ALCo, or were other vendors (Baldwin, etc.) also
> developing this product?
>
> Since there was a smaller (or zero) efficiency penalty for welded boilers,
> did the ICC allow or did the vendor experiment with, thinner steel for the
> boiler courses?
>
> Excepting the new-build T-1, have any welded boilers made their way into
> the preservation era? Either originals that are still in service (or on
> display), or as new replacements?
>
> Regarding the lower tubes wasting away quicker than the upper ones, why
> was that? For example, did they burn quicker due to the insulating scale,
> was there more oxygen in suspension in the colder lower part to accelerate
> corrosion? Something else?
>
> A long time ago, when the Reading T1 came through my neck of the woods on
> the Freedom Train, it had a couple of leaking stays in the firebox. Dad
> took me out there to hang around as one of the local old heads climbed in
> and caulked them (dad and the old-heads were involved with steam on the
> Hocking Valley Scenic). That was the first I heard that term, and I was
> puzzled for about thirty years about what kind of goo would work in a
> firebox!
>
> Matt Goodman
> Columbus, Ohio, US
>
> On Jun 27, 2025, at 8:04 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> wrote:
>
> Next video published:
>
> https://youtu.be/xc5kRL0cUtI
>
> Jim Cochran
>
> On Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> wrote:
>
>> I have just begun editing and posting videos from this year's convention
>> to our YouTube channel.  The first one is at:
>>
>> https://youtu.be/6ChPchokqZQ
>>
>> More are in the works.  Please enjoy and plan on attending next year's
>> convention in person.
>> Thanks,
>> Jim Cochran
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