Re: Fire Tools #537

Posted by Keith Hayes on Mar 19, 2024; 10:21pm
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Fire-Tools-tp19512p19518.html

Mike, thanks for the most excellent post!

I knew about the ore-grrr and the clinker bar, but not the others. I have some of these formed and need to outfit all the locomotives appropriately. I model mine out of fine wire; the spiral could be simulated with some tiny slashes of silver paint.

D&RGW locomotives frequently have water bags hanging off the cab or tender. These are less frequent on the C&S, though they appear occasionally. I suggest that the east end crews had better access to treated water and we don't know about the west end as they worked later in the day and are less often photographed.

There should also be a grip on the deck, or perhaps a tool box. Speaking of tool boxes, should there be a wrench on the pilot deck so they can open the smokebox and ream out all those flues?

Lastly, don't forget the extra coal scoop. In many of the trains photographed leaving Denver, I see an extra coal scoop jammed between the injector pipe and the boiler, just ahead of the fireman's side of the cab. Something you never see on D&RGW locos.