Re: [CBQ] O-5-A Extra Order Builder's Plate

[LZadnichek@aol.com]

Hol - I'd say that was a distinct possibility. May be you'll come across another image of a new O-5-A at the West Burlington Shops with the same painted flat metal sign on the smokebox. Same for S-4 No. 3012 whose boiler was also supplied by Baldwin. That would cinch it for me.

 

Louis Zadnichek II

Fairhope, AL

 

In a message dated 1/29/2014 2:20:29 P.M. Central Standard Time, holpennywagner@msn.com writes:

Further adding to the mystery, the plate is rather large -- larger than most superheater plates I've seen -- and it appears to simply be a flat metal plate with painted lettering.  Perhaps it was applied by West Burlington with the AFE number and other specific job numbers against which all billing for the job was to be done.
 
Hol
 

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To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
From: LZadnichek@aol.com
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 15:03:48 -0500
Subject: Re: [CBQ] O-5-A Extra Order Builder's Plate

 

Dan - In my O-5-A image collection, the rectangular superheater plates are all mounted over the circular builder's plates on the engineer's side of the smokebox. I see no evidence of any kind of plates being mounted on the fireman's side. Of course, plates were removed during shoppings and were not always reapplied afterwards. Yes, a bit of a mystery as to what the plate was that Hol mentions.

 

Louis Zadnichek II

In Iced-Over Fairhope, AL   

 

In a message dated 1/29/2014 1:08:43 P.M. Central Standard Time, dfgrice@gmail.com writes:

Might it be a superheater plate. I have a locomotive or two in my care that have rectangular superheater plates. I don't have a photo handy. However a google search for "superheater company plate" yields multiple images.

Dale Grice

in the snowy Atlanta suburbs;

where I question man's intelligence in the snowy Southern conditions (common sense is no longer common)

couldn't resist; pardon me.

 

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