IIRC Bibel's book didn't say water was added to oil. It said water was used to
cool hotboxes. It could have been used on the outside I guess or removed before
repacking.
W. D. Hoy
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, Charlie Vlk <cvlk@...> wrote:
>
> This batch of O1As was ordered with extended tender frames. After delivery
> the frames were swapped with ones from O2s or maybe it was O3s. The O2s then
> had their original tanks stretched to add water capacity.
> Charlie Vlk
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
> From Shanghai, China
>
>
> > There has been some prior discussion on whether or not the Q used water to
> > cool overheated journal box bearings on locomotive tenders, if or if not
> > such a practice was effective and the existence of photographs that would
> > prove such an application actually took place. The following link shows
> > such an application to the tender of O1a No. 4994 at the time it was built
> > in 1923 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works:
> >
> > http://leadfoot.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2779323
> >
> > I'd like to hear from some of the other "old timers" on this List who
> > actually repacked hot boxes on friction journal bearing cars to hear their
> > comments on if adding water to oil to cool such a hot box would actually
> > work, or if the water would damage the axle seal and make a bad situation
> > worse. Lastly, can any one explain the large apron between the tender tank
> > and drawbar? Were the tenders designed to have their water capacity
> > expanded during heavy repairs at some later date? Certainly looks unusual.
> >
> > Louis Zadnichek II
> > Fairhope, AL
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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