See page 3 of BRHS Burlington Bulletin No. 40 for two additional photos and a description of the "irrigation lines" and their use, written by a former Q employee who used them.
Hol
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
From: milepost206@mchsi.com
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 18:21:51 +0000
Subject: [CBQ] Re: Water Cooled Journal Box Bearings
Even with the premise surrounding the employee's duty to protect company property, I am not convinced water cooling for hot journal boxes was a standard practice.
And since the history of the engine found at the link appears to be written by someone other than Baldwin, I would like to hear more about these water lines. Limping an engine to a terminal is a lot different investment/safety consideration than the conventional hotbox.
Any other photos of this arrangement on other engines would be helpful along with any Baldwin info on theory and practice.
As for the long tender deck, many builder photos were hand retouched from other images. I would suggest that this builder card MIGHT have reflected a long deck as delivered.
But I tend to believe this was a possible revision in process for a longer tender and then redrawn to the as-built length or just a mistake. The builders and railroads bounced around many ideas for changes in the builder's card format.
Anyway, that's my 2¢.
Randy
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