I knew if I dug hard enough I would find this print. It was taken in Monett in Aug of 1927. She is still a coalburner. Picture by H. Westbay
Thanks Frisco. I appreciate the pic. That helps a lot. Now I have a basis for putting the Elesco's on my two Pacific's.
Don, Great photo, but I'm kind of glad the Elesco FWH didn't catch on with the Frisco, kind of gives her the look of a snobby northeastern road! Interesting trucks on the tender as well, they seem a little rare for the Frisco as well. Brad Slone
Yep, High Speed Commonwealth trucks. I would have liked to see the FWH bundle on a bracket out front like the T&P. Would have made a whole lot better appearance.
I would argue that the Firefly engines got more than the trucks off the 1060's. Based on the dimensions in my diagram book, it sure looks like the Firefly locomotives got the 1060's tenders. The 1067 with the Elesco FWH has a face only a mother could love; I am glad that experiment wasn't repeated. It appears that in this 1927 image, the 1067 does not have doric striping of any variety.
Good thing it's not the end of March, Don, or you might have had folks accusing you of foulplay! I agree that extending the bundle over the front and perhaps also moving the bell to the smopkebox front like the MoPac 6600's would have improved the appearance, but I think the best answer was to get rid of it. I've forgotten, did the 1060's get Coffin feedwater heaters when they were rebuilt, similar to the 1350's? Gordon
This is the only shot I have of her and am lucky to have it. In fact, it's the only one I've ever seen of her. They all got Coffin FWH when rebuilt into 4-6-4s.
As if your prayers have been answered, Mike Lutzenberger came up with a right side view from the same day. He also sent another left side view from Springfield fresh from the shop.
Looks like they changed out the rear tender truck in the "fresh-from-shop" pic. Was that very common? Ken
The image taken at the West Shops also shows the locomotive with a rectangular number plate and a Sunbeam headlamp
Thank you, thank you Frisco1522! I really do appreciate it. Yes, God answers my prayers and sends kind folks to help me out. Thank you all! EDIT: I was so excited about the new pics, I read too fast. I'm grateful for everyone here. I didn't mean to slight anyone, so please forgive my error.
Thank you Karl for bringing that to my attention. I edited my post, but you contribute so much as well, so thanks to you as well!
Some great photos - thank you Don and Mike! One question: the initial photo shows what appears to be a "flat" side of the feedwater heater on the fireman's side. The subsequent pictures show bulbous ends, for lack of a better way to describe them. Any insight on why there would be a difference? I'd tend to assume that the guts of the appliance were generally the same? Thanks, in advance,
The feedwater heater is just a shell and tube heat exchanger, a common industry heat transfer device. The end caps on each end of the internal tubesheet housing could either be round domes, or round cylindrical shapes. It looks like the Frisco shops swapped them around during shoppings. Internally, the feedwater heater did not change. Ken
