Coffin made feedwater heaters also, a weird horseshoe-shaped tube that was mounted in front of the smoke box, not sure how this device worked. T - ----- Original Message ----- From: Janet & Randy Brown <jananran_@_mymailstation.com> Date: Wednesday, August 2, 2006 11:12 pm Subject: (erielack) Feedwater heaters [was New Photos on Website Aug 2nd] > Actually, PRR K4s's ran on the joint PRR/CNJ New York and Long > Branch as the last mainline steam in the New York City area -- and > they didn't have feedwater heaters. Many Erie locomotives, > including the last ones running, didn't, either. > > The easily seen tank in front of the stack is part of the Elesco > system. The other major maker was Worthington, which had two forms > -- one had a square tank before the stack and the actual heater on > the fireman's side above the cylinders; the Erie had very few (if > any) of these. Worthington's other system was contained in a slab- > sided pump-and-tank unit on the fireman's side above the main > driver. This was used on Erie's S-class and on many K4 and K4a, N > and R-class locos. > > Randy Brown > -------------------------------------------------------------- > To add to my post about feedwater heaters, I am familiar with the > Jersey Central's feed water heater Pacifics because the CNJ ran > steam longer than anybody else in the New York City area. . . > Philip Martin > > > > The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List > Sponsored by the ELH&TS > http://www.elhts.org > The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org ------------------------------
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