Re: #9's 'Plannished Iron' Jacket . . . 
| February 01, 2017 07:32AM |
Stewart Rhine Wrote:
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> The "Russia Iron" and later U.S. Plannished
> version boiler jackets were used because there was
> no high temperature paint in the 1800's. Since #9
> was built in 1891 it had that type of boiler
> jacket which had to be regularly oiled and
> polished. By the 1930's, high temperature paint
> was in use and older engines that stayed in
> service received painted boiler jackets for ease
> of maintenance.
It has been my observation that the WW&F Crews regularly oil the jacket on #9. Apparently, a number of different products have been tested for this application and I'm not sure if the museum has finally settled on something. During the Winter Photo Weekend, I managed to catch Fireman Wes Carpenter oiling her down just around sunset. He was buffing it pretty vigorously. Even my 1/320th shutter speed was insufficient to avoid slightly blurring Wes' hand.
/Kevin Madore
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/01/2017 07:32AM by KevinM.
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> The "Russia Iron" and later U.S. Plannished
> version boiler jackets were used because there was
> no high temperature paint in the 1800's. Since #9
> was built in 1891 it had that type of boiler
> jacket which had to be regularly oiled and
> polished. By the 1930's, high temperature paint
> was in use and older engines that stayed in
> service received painted boiler jackets for ease
> of maintenance.
It has been my observation that the WW&F Crews regularly oil the jacket on #9. Apparently, a number of different products have been tested for this application and I'm not sure if the museum has finally settled on something. During the Winter Photo Weekend, I managed to catch Fireman Wes Carpenter oiling her down just around sunset. He was buffing it pretty vigorously. Even my 1/320th shutter speed was insufficient to avoid slightly blurring Wes' hand.
/Kevin Madore
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/01/2017 07:32AM by KevinM.
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