03-07-2012, 09:05 PM
Josh:
I might be called a smokestack cap.
It may be a spark arrestor. It could have contained a screen to catch hot, burning coals to keep them from setting anything on fire. A lot of older locos had even larger versions -- see pictures of the General.
I might be called a smokestack cap.
It may be a spark arrestor. It could have contained a screen to catch hot, burning coals to keep them from setting anything on fire. A lot of older locos had even larger versions -- see pictures of the General.
David
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.