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Jimmy, that back cover photo is striking, but I didn’t notice the missing feedwater heater. 

The photo was made relatively early, in November, 1929. The Y3’s and Y3a’s were delivered without heaters, and the first two retrofitted were at the end of 1927, according the N&W magazine. That article said that there had been authorization to add feedwater heaters to ten of the Y3’s and Y3a’s. I guess the locomotive in the photo hadn’t has it’s turn yet.

Here’s some relevant text from the November, 1927 article:

The arrangement (referring to feedwater heaters on the new Y3b’s (Y4’s) - MG), so far, is proving entirely satisfactory, and authority has been granted to make the changes to some of our Y-3 and Y-za Locomotives. To date, two locomotives have been changed at the Roanoke Shops and work on the others is now under way at the Portsmouth Shops.

I give the Motive Power Department authors of these articles a lot of credit. There’s a good amount of in-depth discussion of the what’s and why’s of feedwater heaters in that article.

Matt Goodman
Columbus, Ohio, US 

> On Feb 13, 2024, at 9:37 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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>     When observing photos, do you ever happen to have some detail that just jumps out at you and slaps you in the face before anything else? Take a look at the photo of the Y3 on the back of the latest ARROW. Did you notice that the engine has no feedwater heater?
> 
> Jimmy Lisle
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