Re: K36 Smokebox Fronts - fabrication?
| July 24, 2018 07:58AM |
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Smokebox fronts and doors like those on the #480's were hot stamped out of relatively thin steel plate on dies sort of like a car fender. Not too easy to replicate without the die, furnace, and the multi thousand ton press.
California Western fabricated (I assume) a replacement for #45's. You can see that it has corners instead of the radiuses of the original.
photo from Google
They can be replaced with castings, but will probably need to be thicker.
Original cast iron doors are pretty easy to spot, generally being thicker, flatter and with fewer fasteners than steel doors, since they are not prone to warping like steel is.
photo from NGDF
The cinder deflector on #20's door was broken, go figure.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/25/2018 06:18AM by Kelly Anderson.
California Western fabricated (I assume) a replacement for #45's. You can see that it has corners instead of the radiuses of the original.
photo from Google
They can be replaced with castings, but will probably need to be thicker.
Original cast iron doors are pretty easy to spot, generally being thicker, flatter and with fewer fasteners than steel doors, since they are not prone to warping like steel is.
photo from NGDF
The cinder deflector on #20's door was broken, go figure.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/25/2018 06:18AM by Kelly Anderson.
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