1218 Feedwater

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Gordon,
  Slight typo on that drawing number. I think it should be NW-C33701.

http://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=42520

- Roger Link


On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 5:27 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> There certainly have been good discussions on feedwater heater pumps based
> on this excellent top view of the 1218, but I'm surprised that no one has
> questioned the opening in the boiler/smoke box jacket immediately behind
> the smokestack, obviously giving access to a bolted smoke box cover
> (Archives drawing NW-C33710).  I say that I'm surprised because I can not
> see comparable openings in the few suitable views photos of other Class A
> loco's with jacketed smoke boxes that I have been able to find.  So, this
> appears to be a modification to 1218 only.  Any thoughts?
>
> Gordon Hamilton
> On 2/24/2019 3:18 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:
>
> Mike -
>
> The A class engines used a Worthington 6-SA feedwater heater system.
> There was a turbine pump under the left side of the cab to provide the cold
> water and there was a hot water pump under the left running board at its
> forward end.
>
> All the Js and the Y-6bs used Worthington SA systems.  N&W had hundreds of
> engines equipped with the earlier Worthington BL feedwater heaters, which
> appeared under the left running board and incorporated the pump and heater
> in one casing.  The Worthington systems were very efficient and dependable
> and, AFAIK, N&W never used feedwater heater systems from any other
> manufacturer (Elesco, Coffin, etc.) nor did it feel it necessary to build
> its own.
>
> Ed King
>
>
> *From:* NW Mailing List
> *Sent:* Sunday, February 24, 2019 11:31 AM
> *To:* NW Mailing List
> *Subject:* 1218 Feedwater
>
> In this topside view of 1218 can be seen what I assume is the feedwater
> heater forward of the stack. Was this an in-house design or a product of an
> outside manufacturer?
>
> Mike Pierry, Jr.
>
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