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Dante Lakin

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Monson 3 and 4's Throttles
« on: July 03, 2024, 01:44:04 PM »
Reading through older newsletters (specifically for the 2-foot Musings by Ellis Walker) he brings up Monson 3 and 4's throttles and that when they arrived to Edaville they had quote "simple screw-type steam heat radiator valves, in place of conventional throttles." From the March/April 2015 edition of the newsletter. He also mentions lack of proof for this being the case.

I guess my question boils down to if this was *likely* to have been the case. Were other Vulcan engines built with this arrangement, or was this just rumor rooted in pure myth? Could it have also been a temporary addition when the engines were first restored to run at Edaville? Is there any evidence to this being the case on either engine?

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Re: Monson 3 and 4's Throttles
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2024, 03:32:40 PM »
Dante, the very last correspondence I had with Ellis involved this subject. I am trusting to recollection only as I write this, but I thought his question had to do with piping from the steam dome of one of the locomotives. I sent him a photo of (I believe Monson no. 3's) steam dome, which showed proper (code) piping arrangement. I cannot imagine a radiator valve being substituted for a throttle, passing muster with an inspector. Would such a radiator valve work? Perhaps...
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