Bill
The toilets on E & F units were in the rear, near the
back door. Yes, the radiators were basically large
automotive type radiators with finned tubes. The
cooling air on the shovelnoses came in though the
grills over the front cab windows.
John D. Mitchell, Jr.
--- Bill Chambers <ace1942us@y...> wrote:
> Hello, everyone.
>
> A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned some problems I
> was
> having with Yahoo e-mail. That has gotten fixed.
>
> However, a couple of guys wrote to me at my
> Earthlink
> address, wanting to pursue some conversation about
> the
> Q's operation in my part of Iowa and also northern
> Missouri. I don't recall their names, but they know
>
> who they are. I would love to discuss this, either
> on
> or off the list. If you want to take this off-list,
> my
> address is bill_chambers@e...
>
> Now to the above subject.
>
> I have followed the thread about the striping by the
>
> mars light on Q E-units. I probably misread, but I
> seem to recall an implication that these were actual
> grilles. If so, what would be their use, given
> their
> location on the locomotive? The only thing that I
> can
> imagine being in the nose of an E-unit would be a
> toilet.
>
> This isn't Q-related, but I am burning with
> curiosity.
> When the UP launched its series of City
> streamliners,
> it used what were known as "turret cab" diesels with
>
> large automobile-type grilles in the front. With
> the
> crew so high off the ground, I somewhere got the
> idea
> that the air brought in from the grilles actually
> went
> through to the engine room and was used for cooling
> the
> diesel motors. Am I correct? Or were there large
> automobile-type radiators behind the grilles, like
> in
> cars?
>
> Now Q-related stuff: How were the diesel motors in
> the
> shovel-nose Zephyrs cooled? I don't recall seeing
> any
> radiators or grilles on them.
>
> One final item: I am assuming that the grilles on
> the
> E- and F-units covered radiators used for cooling
> the
> diesel motors inside the units. Were these car-type
> radiators or something else? Also, how effecient
> were
> they? Did they actually get the job done?
>
> I don't know why this interests me; maybe I am
> getting
> a bit dotty in my dotage. But I would appreciate
> any
> thoughts that any of you may have. Thanks much.
>
> Bill Chambers
>
>
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