Re: C&S #30, a C-16 conversion
Posted by
Bill Uffelman on
Jan 08, 2020; 5:10pm
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/C-S-30-a-C-16-conversion-tp15055p15060.html
With the extended smoke box a pilot deck would be easily fouled when cleaning out cinders.
Just my non-expert opinion.
Bill Uffelman
On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 11:14 AM, John Greenly [via C&Sng Discussion Forum]
Here are the two 1902 photos of #30 from the NG Pict. Vol. VI:


the two from 1910 are here:
http://salidaarchive.info/salida-centennial-photo-archive/scroll down the page until you come to these two images (about 16-17th mages down the page) click on them and then you can enlarge them further. Excellent detail.
Here's the first one:

and here's a blowup of the pilot area. I don't see decking behind the pilot beam, but it's hard to tell exactly what's there.

Can anyone help me decide how to do that part of my model?
Cheers,
John