Re: (NNG?) Anyone in Need of a Baldwin 32-1/2" Smokebox Door?

Kelly Anderson Wrote:
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> Since this seems to be a standard Baldwin part,
> is anyone else in need of replacing the door on
> their pride and joy?

Kelly Anderson Wrote:
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> Hefty tooling and elastic tooling are mutually
> exclusive, and not too practical. That's why
> Baldwin standardized on 32-1/2" for a lot of
> engines.  I'll bet $0.05 that the K-36's use
> this size door.


You may be right, Kelly -

Maybe Roger can measure one for us when he's down in the yard tomorrow morning (hint, hint).

The classic shape of the mid-Twenties K-36 boiler & domes echoed that of the early-Twenties S.P. P-8 Pacifics, and undoubtedly many other Baldwin locomotives, but I'm guessing the standard-gauge engines not only had larger smokebox fronts, they had larger doors on them as well.  See [ngdiscussion.net] for a close to straight-on close-up . . .

- Roosso