October 14, 2015
Hol - Again, thanks for looking. This is indeed a "mystery." I suppose by
now all such Clyde roundhouse and Chicago Mechanical
Department records are lost to history, but there certainly had to been a
list of left handed locomotives at one time. I've given some thought
about differences in outward appearance of left handed locomotives over their
conventional sisters. I think what would've been moved to the left hand side of
the cab were the air brake stand, throttle quadrant and reverse lever
(Johnson Bar). Injectors would've stayed in place. So, if that is true, then if
anyone has an image of an 0-6-0 with the reverse lever linkage showing on the
fireman's left hand side, then that locomotive must've been set-up for left hand
operation. Do you agree? Best Regards -
Louis
In a message dated 10/14/2015 11:18:53 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
CBQ@yahoogroups.com writes:
No notations in the diagram sheets that I can find, going back as
far as 1912. Hol
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015
11:43:59 -0400 Subject: Re: [CBQ] Left handed engines
October 14,
2015
Hol - Thanks for looking. One other idea, can you please check your steam
locomotive diagram books for 0-6-0 types to see if any notations are made on
the diagrams as to certain locomotives being set-up for left handed
operation. You'd think that the Q mechanical department would've made such
notations "some where." Best Regards - Louis
In a message dated 10/14/2015 8:45:51 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
CBQ@yahoogroups.com writes:
Louis and Group: No, there is nothing on any of
the assignment sheets in my collection indicating left hand controls.
The earliest sheets I have (1907) have no notes at the bottom as to
locomotive equipment. By 1914 there were two notes: equipped with
stoker and equipped for burning oil. Notes were added steadily into
the 1920s, mostly specifying stoker and later feedwater heater types.
So no luck there in identifying the left-handed
engines. Hol
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com Date: Tue, 13 Oct
2015 16:55:19 -0400 Subject: Re: [CBQ] Left handed
engines
October 13,
2015
Hol - On the subject of left handed switching locomotives used in the
Chicago Lumber District, were these 0-6-0's separately identified as such on
Locomotive Assignment Sheets? Knowing that your collection of Sheets should
cover that era, could you please look and see if any class of 0-6-0's
have some kind of identifying mark that signifies them as left handed.
If so, could you then list the locomotive numbers so Group
members can check their photo collections to see if any show-up.
May be one of us already has a photograph and doesn't realize its
significance. Thanks and best regards -
Louis
In a message dated 10/13/2015 2:51:12 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
CBQ@yahoogroups.com writes:
Rupert,
What a wonderful find ! News to me. But it will become visually clear
to all who see the postcard of the old Aurora yard in the soon to be
issued BRHS BB 51 as to why this was needed.
Thanks,
Leo
Left handed but for Aurora,
from the 1886 Railroad Gazette -
There is now being constructed
in the locomotive shops a “left-handed ” switch engine. This may seem a
trifle strange to most people, yet such is the case. It is made after
the style of the five new switch engines recently made here, but instead
of the engineer sitting in his usual place on the right hand side of the
cab, the situation will be reversed and he will occupy the left hand or
fireman's side. The engine is for use in the upper end of the Aurora
yard, where the tracks curve so that the signals are obliged to be given
on the left-hand side of the engine. As it is now with an ordinary
engine, the fireman is obliged to receive the switchman's signals and
transmit them to the engineer, thus making delay and liability to
accident. With the new engine the engineer can take the signals himself
and thus be responsible for a correct understanding of
them.
Rupert
Gamlen
Auckland NZ
Some of you
guys already know this, but the Q had one or more "left hand drive"
steam engines which were used exclusively in the Lumber District.
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