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MONON Trains => Steam Locomotives => Topic started by: Joe Land on February 09, 2012, 09:47:35 am

Title: Monon Steam #37
Post by: Joe Land on February 09, 2012, 09:47:35 am

Steam engine #37 at Bloomington 1936

Title: Re: Monon Steam
Post by: Tom Kepshire on February 09, 2012, 09:51:55 am

Nice picture...

Title: Re: Monon Steam
Post by: Ken Lentz on February 09, 2012, 01:40:19 pm

Great pic

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Post by: Geof Burns on February 09, 2012, 02:53:33 pm

Thanks for posting,
Geof

Title: Re: Monon Steam #37
Post by: Jim Davis on February 11, 2012, 11:43:09 pm

Why did they put the cuved sheet from the top of the coal bunker, to the side of the tank for? Was it to keep people from standing or riding there? Or so the extra coal would slide off to the ground?

JD

Title: Re: Monon Steam #37
Post by: Pete Pedigo on February 12, 2012, 01:00:57 am

JD,  That is a good question.  I have seen those mucho times on tenders and never thought they served a logical useful function.  I bet you are right, it is to expell extra coal off the tender.  This would be especially true for when the coal was being loaded by a crane and a clam bucket before coaling towers.