Got some pictures today of the Hudson 2816 steam trails. CP is testing the 2816 between the Coquitlam yard and Mission in the lower mainland, British Columbia, Canada.
Almost didn’t go, but thought I should go and see if I can sneek a peek at the last minute.
Be nice, these pics are just me and my little digital camera, just took them for fun [:)].
Took this one while driving in my car and shooting across out the passenger window at 60 Km/h (my car is still in one piece too [;)])
It turned out to be a great day for train hunting!
…Not too many of us have access to something like this very often so thanks for posting for all to see. Agree with Ed on sending the first shot for Bergie to post…
Question…Isn’t that a feed-water heater on top of the smoke box chamber…?
Not sure if they were really testing for anything specific, they plan to run this loco on tourist runs all this summer, so I think they are just basically putting the loco through its paces.
They made a few unscheduled stops here and there for various reasons, but everything seemed to go well.
It was a good day, it brought back lots of memories of when I used to ride on the Royal Hudson 2860 tourist train during the summer when I was little.
Not sure either, though my first thought was “what an odd place to put the airtank”, it does have the appearnce of being an airtank, and may infact be for the airbrakes. they may have moved it here, since the spot that the tank normally would be might have been used to hide some required new safety features.
Well, with the whole CSX thing, the C&O 614 trials suposedly did steam in. CSX, unlike UP, has poor quality track, that gets destroyed by steam and diesels both, just the steamers do a better job at pounding the rails. You’d have to have a MOW crew behind every steam run…[xx(]
…Those tank like looking items on top of the smoke box were on quite a few engines when they were in their hey day…We need a real railroader with some grey in his hair to confirm what I think is a feed water heater…
The “tank” on top of the smokebox is indeed a feedwater heater. 2860 and other streamlined locomotives had their feedwater heaters inside the smokebox so it wouldn’t interfere with the aerodynamics. The air tanks for the brakes are typically located uner the running boards.
Ok, did some digging into my reference books, found plenty of Hudson’s with Feedwater heaters. the majority were square and well set on the hood in front of the smokestack, there were a few with cyclinders encased in the hood and did not sit on top of the hood, but were visible with round extrusions on both sides. None had one prominatly sitting on top of the hood.
After reviewing the references and again looking at the pictures, it is indeed the Airtank, as suspected, There is an obvious line from the tank to a box just between the rear set of driver’s, which is also connected to a line t the cab that would confirm this. As stated, i think the spot the Airtank was (under the running boards), has been commondered for some required equipment to bring the engine up to code, yet not deter from the look of the era, thus they moved the Airtank to the top of the hood.
