Jay Pat Loc: Round Rock, Texas, USA

Well, I’m a little late (four going on five years late) in posting this………
At the time I was here there were painted horses scattered around the area.
The painted horses appeared to have been moved when viewing Jederick’s recent post of Union Station.
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Pat

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#2-I think this water tower/tank was moved here. They are usually mounted higher above ground for higher water pressure to the surrounding area

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#3-I allways stop to look at beam scales. This is a platform scale for weighing freight. There is a whole set of beams, levers and pivot points below the platform.

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#4-Electric controlled yard switches. This is the only ones I've ever seen.

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#9-Perfect size for kids to check out and get kid shots.


#10-Main driver controls for a diesel Locomotive. Looks simple....

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Jay Pat Loc: Round Rock, Texas, USA

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#13-Looking at the tender, I'm guessing this locomotive was oil fired.

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#18-Bed pan business area.

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#23-Snow Blower

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#24-Future rebuild project......

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#25-Crane. I assume it is steam powered.

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angler Loc: StHelens England

A very good and interesting set Pat.

rlaugh Loc: Michigan & Florida

Excellent set!!

Dickt Loc: Central Massachusetts

#13: Is probably coal fired, The cylindrical tank is for water, the stack on the engine suggests coal fired

Penny MG Loc: Fresno, Texas

Nice interesting series Pat. Great photos, nice colors, interesting subjects. Can't ask for much more than that.

Jim Carter Loc: Momence, Il.

Very good Pat. The control stand is simple if know how to use it. Like my grandfather always said " any body can get a train going, but it takes an engineer to get'em stopped"

cambriaman Loc: Central CA Coast

Great set! My forebears were railroad people and all of these images bring me memories and information I never had before about the Central Control etc. Grandfather worked on Denver and Rio Grande, Nacazari (Mexico) and Sante Fe lines. Great uncle on Southern Pacific. Uncle on Santa Fe. Building the American West!

Jay Pat Loc: Round Rock, Texas, USA

Thanks to everyone for the kind comments!!
Pat

Jay Pat Loc: Round Rock, Texas, USA

You got me to go back and take a closer look at everything.
I have a poor image of the control end of the boiler up in the cab.
I'm not seeing any brackets for the oil control in the cab.
The cover over the firebox is missing along with other brackets for opening the door.
I did not get any images of where the burner nozzle would have been on the front of the firebox.
So, still not sure. Oil or coal.....

Looking at images 11 and 12, the foot/floor plate on the locomotive is kicked up. It should be level with the tenders foot plate.
This is the area at the rear of the locomotive cab. This area should be flat for a safe area for the crew to work in/stand on.
Image 13. Look at the wheels on the front of the tender and the rear wheels of the locomotive.
The wheels of the tender appear to be set deeper in the gravel. Yet the alignment of the tender to the locomotive is high for the cab area.
I do not believe this tender is the correct one for this locomotive. Just for looks/display.

This is the first tender of this design, I've seen.
I agree the rear part is for water.
The front section has a box shape and I think it is for oil.
I'm ruling out coal as I don't think the hand rail on top would survive loading up with coal.
Also, appears small to me for a load of coal.

Thanks for comments.
I enjoy going looking at the details!!!
Pat

dlsmith

Great pictures, thanks! The engine #4436 is was both coal and oil fired. With the tender it has now it was oil fired. The rounded bottom of the front half of the tender is the key from these views. Earlier in its life it was used in Nebraska and used coal for fuel. It was moved to Portland during WWII, got a new style tender and was converted to oil. Yeah, I cheated and looked on the museum web page. Most steam engines after 1920 in the southwest and on the Pacific coast used oil, as it was more plentiful and cheaper in these areas than coal. The round water tank tenders had mixed success compared to the box style units. Better in some applications, not so much in others. Some were set up for coal, some for oil. So you have to look deeper. Cheers, Doug

Jay Pat Loc: Round Rock, Texas, USA

Thanks, Doug.
Pat