Re: Cold Water Brooks

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JStor

Engineer Whitney writes that the old class DJ engines, Brooks
numbers 29 to 38, were known as "cold-water Brooks" or "ice cream
freezers." That because of a shallow fire-box with grates that pitched
from six inches below the fire-box door to below the flue sheet, they were
very hard to fire and made poor steamers. He also added the remark
that a common gag among engine crews was that if you wanted a cold
drink, just open up the blow-off cock of a "cold-water Brooks."
Engineer Wendell added that A. L. Humphrey, Sup't. of Motive Power,
made a good engine out of number 35 by installing a new type fire-box
of his own design. According to Wendell, Billy Westall used this engine,
later number 162, on passenger service between Denver and Como and
could handle a three-car train on Kenosha Hill with ease.