January 28, 2015
Hol - That's the Class R-3 locomotive I'm talking about, the one with the
four single stage air compressors all in a row on the fireman's side. What an
odd duck..... The image I remember showed the locomotive in, I think,
Streator and it was identified as a "work train." May be that image will
turn-up again. If not, then at least we got your's as proof of such
mechanical department tinkering. Thanks and best regards - Louis
Louis Zadnichek II
Fairhope, AL
In a message dated 1/28/2015 2:14:55 P.M. Central Standard Time,
CBQ@yahoogroups.com writes:
In response to Louis mentioning the photo of a Prairie
with four single phase air pumps mounted in a row on one side, here are a
couple of O.H. Means photos from Corbin's collection, both taken at Barstow,
Ill., in 1923 and both depicting 1800 series R-3 Prairies at the wooden coal
chute there. The 1813 typifies the R-3s at that time, with a pair of
single lung air pumps mounted on the left side just below the steam dome,
while the 1808 (misidentified in previous publication as the 1803) has two
additional pumps in front of the standard two. Was this a test
application? Or was it an early version of the Prairies with additional
air pumps for operating dump cars? We'll probably never know unless
company correspondence about the application turns up somewhere.
Whatever the case, it makes for a strange looking
locomotive.
Hol
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