Re: (erielack) Inaccuracies in models....

["Schuyler G Larrabee" <sgl2_@_ix.netcom.com>]

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To: <paultup_@_lucent.com>; 'Erie Lackwanna' <erielack@lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 5:09 PM
Subject: Re: (erielack) Inaccuracies in models....


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> I have the IHC Erie Pacific and I have noticed two things that have to
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> changed based on a picture of #2936, a member of the same series.
>
> http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/njnyrr/2936.html
>
> 1) The bell on the prototype is hung from the front, not mounted on top
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> the locomotive just in front of the stack;

That's right.


> 2) There is a small tank on the front (I don't know what this is called,
> forgive me)

That's a Elesco Feedwater Heater, not a tank, exactly.  Steam is routed
through this, surrounding the feedwater which is in coils inside the "tank,"
heating the water closer to boiling temperature when inserted into the
boiler.  Notice that "Elesco" is a sort of acronym:  Locomotive Superheater
Company, or LSCo.

> 3) Some people claim the tender included is wrong, but this picture shows
a
> squared tender, as the model comes with.  Some pictures of Pacifics that I
> have seen do have a tender that is rounded in the back, kind of like a
tank.

This kind of tender is called a rectangular tank (I know, heavy technical
term . . . ) while the other ones your talking about are called Vanderbilt
tenders.  I am imagining that the tender supplied with the IHC is incorrect
in that it's probably the wrong size, too short, in either/both height or
length.  Some people are satisfied if the model has the right number of
wheels, others are annoyed if there are one or two missing rivets.  I tend
toward the latter, but I think you are more toward the former.  No
criticism, whatever . . .

SGL

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