PRRronbh posted:R. Hales posted:A beautiful beast. Too bad there was only one built and it was not saved.
Interesting trio of pictures you post.
The top one is as 6200 shopped out of Baldwin.
The bottom one is after probably all or most all modifications. In the top one you do not see the steam feed line to the forward turbine but see it in the bottom picture after it was moved from under the "boiler" behind the forward turbine exhaust line.
The middle picture shows some kind of cowling around the stacks. I know I have seen this picture before but have not seen any discussion about this cowing.
Ron
I remember reading a full length article on the turbine in Classic Trains a few years back and the engine's exhaust alternately exited out of each of the 4 stacks in some sort of rotation. Since the engine was not of the reciprocating type which tends to create a forced exhaust the turbine did not and I would guess that the exhaust tended to flow back along the boiler top and into the cab. Therefore the attempts to create an updraft to lift the smoke a bit higher. One of the NYC's L4 Mohawks sported a cowl similar to what is shown on the turbine in the middle picture. I'd love to trade places with the young boy in the last photo.
