Re: Consolidations- oOOOO

Everett Lueck Wrote:
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> The C-41's also have an interesting history, that
> is parallel to the K-27's.
>
> They were delivered as Vauclain compounds, like
> the K-27's.

numbers 1101-1130, the "Little 1100's"

> Also like the K-27's, they were converted to
> saturated simple engines.

and renumbered (1924) to 1000-1029

> Most of the K-27's and probably all of the C-41's
> were then converted to superheated engines

As of 9-18-1937 of those not converted to K-37 the following were not on the list of those superheated:

1008 dism 2/37
1011 dism 8/44
1012 dism 8/44
1017 dism 2/37
1018 dism 1/37
1019 dism 1945

[D&RGW folio #7 & "Steam in the Rockies"(CRRM 1963)]

> with
> piston valves. The K-27's had walschaerts valve
> gear but the C-41's all stayed with stephenson
> gear.

1013 (dism 8/44)
1022 (dism 1946)
1024 (dism 7/50)
1028 (dism 3/49)

are noted as "HAVE WAL. VALVE GEAR"
[ibid.]

K-27's lasted longer too.

of the 20 C-41's not converted to K-37:

4 scrapped in 1937
6 in 1944
4 in 1945
1 each in 1946, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52(#1002 - last to go)

hank