Sorry if I’m going off topic, but I was just wondering…What is a 4-4-0 called in Canada?
Same as in U.S., a 4-4-0, but pronounced four four oh.
But should add, also known as American Standard, American or Eight Wheeler.
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Just as the oil burners coking up the flue pipes, the coal burners would soot up the flues something awful. The railroads being as cheap as they were would not opt for the best coal that money could buy. Sulphated ash would coat the pipes and block heat transfer to the water on the other side. Just like the oil burners the rock cookers would sand blast the flues to improve steaming in the boiler. This ash and sand turned to glass would accumulate in the smokebox and need to be cleaned regularly with a schedule dependent on the quality of coal burned. The test run of the PRR S2 6-8-6 turbine turned out several wheelbarrows of ash from the smokebox. This was one of the issues that plagued the locomotive until the scrappers torch took it away. Ash would build and block the lower superheater flues, clog the netting, ruin the blower rings and belch out cinders that would cover the train for several car lengths. They tried eliminating some issues with those ugly elephant ear smoke lifters to some improvement.
S2 as built. http://crestlineprr.com/prr6200.jpg.html
S2 with the first set of lifters. http://crestlineprr.com/s2ebbroadway.jpg.html
S2 with the final set of lifters. http://crestlineprr.com/s2onttcr.jpg.html
Visual clues would be a fire from the stack. Lack of draft would be another. Besides burning holes in the netting which would allow large cinders to go up the stack or possibly warping baffle plates the biggest danger would be a leaking flue pipe or super heater tube. Before opening the smokebox front it would be wise to blow down the boiler to alleviate some pressure. You would not
Hi Batman
I’m curious where you found this photo.
Mike
Hi Mike
I am not sure but, I may have got it off the B.C. Provincial Archives or the City of Vancouver Archives. Both sites offer 1000’s of RR photo’s. Be very careful if you log in as it can be a real day killer.[(-D]
http://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/bcarchives/
http://vancouver.ca/your-government/city-of-vancouver-archives.aspx
Here are the coordinates to that photo :
British Columbia Archives
Visual Records Catalogue
Email: access@www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca
Note: Select the small inline image to view a medium size image of 640 x 480 pixels
CALL NUMBER: A-07145
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Catalogue Number: HP020045
Other Cat. Number:
Subject: RAILROAD DISASTERS
Subject:
Subject:
Geographic Region: FRASER-CHEAM (B.C.)
Title: CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY TRAIN WRECK BETWEEN YALE AND NORTH BEND
Photographer/Artist: Bradbury, Charles
Date: 1897
Accession Number: 193501-001
Thanks Guys
Isambard, Enjoy your Tales from the Grizzly. Nothing like a good yarn, thanks for sharing.
Cheers, the Bear.
Bear, glad you enjoyed the tale. You’re the first to respond to any of these Grizzly Northern posts.
I used to enjoy reading similar yarns when I was a kid back in the '40’s, reading them in a monthly pulp magazine called “Railroader” (or something like that).