Steam & Excursion > Smoke Stack Question

Were any loco smoke stacks in this country built as two-part assemblies with bolts to remove them from the smoke stack base or was this something more common with European, Asian or very early locos?

Victor A. Baird
http://www.erstwhilepublications.com



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/14/18 09:25 by wabash2800.

Yes, it was very common on domestic railroads, not only on early engines as you observed, but right up until the end.

1. Diamond stack.

2. B&O 0-6-0, 1906

3. NP A-3 4-8-4, 1938. This one also has removable ring at top.

-John

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The stack on this B&O 2-10-2 appears to be bolted onto a base:
http://www.steamlocomotive.com/whyte/2-10-2/USA/photos/bo6105-laws.jpg

Thanks. So it appears it was more common that I thought, as most North American photos and locos I've seen seem to have the stove pipe and base as one piece bolted to the smokebox.

Were most old stacks made of replaceable sheet metal that would be replaced rather than a one piece casting?

Victor A. Baird
http://www.erstwhilepublications.com



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/14/18 12:27 by wabash2800.

wabash2800 Wrote:
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> Thanks. So it appears it was more common that I
> thought, as most North American photos and locos
> I've seen seem to have the stove pipe and base as
> one piece bolted to the smokebox.
>
> Were most old stacks made of replaceable sheet
> metal that would be replaced rather than a one
> piece casting?
>
> Victor A. Baird
> http://www.erstwhilepublications.com

Sheet metal could never stand up to the blast effects
of the exhaust. Even the old balloon stacks had plenty
of reinforcement inside.

They may have plenty of reinforcement, but wood burners used inside and outside sheet metal (albeit 10 gage) to provide a place to hold cinders.

http://www.mendotraintony.com/smokestacks-of-steam-locomotives-article-in-live-steam-magazine-of-december-1984/

TL

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