Dear Rusty,
We almost made that mistake on our 2-8-0. In the early proposal
phase, we had the good fortune of having Howie Waelder looking over
my shoulder. I then learned about the MTH mistake. They too saw the
drawings for the butterfly doors on the firebox and assumed all those
holes were cored through to the firebox. Howie had a big laugh and
told me how funny that was. The last thing the fireman wants is for
heat to escape out of the firebox. Firing a steam engine was back
breaking work, why would anyone want to shovel even more coal? We
went down to the Black River & Western R.R. to check out the firebox
of old #60, a 20's era 2-8-0. Sure enough, the firebox door did not
have holes, but blind openings. According to Howie, this was to help
keep the the cool the firedoor, not the inside of the firebox.
Best,
Don
On Oct 4, 2008, at 2:31 PM, thebrassbasher wrote:
> I figured that it would be a good thing to drill the vent holes in
> the two fire box
> doors.
>
>
> Rusty (J Rustermier)
>
>
>
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