09/29/24

 It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog!  I had been sharing cab photos and I have one more to share of the ones that I operate.  This is the inside of the 14 inch scale Wagner locomotive at the Western Minnesota Steam Thresher's Reunion.  This was on Thursday before the show as we were steaming up to test and it started to rain so it is partially inside the roundhouse.  The steam pressure gauge is showing close to 125 lbs of steam pressure.  The red handle under that to the left is for steam to the oil pump. Just above that in a darker red is the left side water injector steam.  The chain is for the whistle.  The black handle to the right of the chain is the "blower" to get airflow through the firebox when you have steam pressure up to help the fire burn better.  The red handle is for the right side injector to bring water into the boiler.  The 3 handles at an angle are the Try Cocks.  They help you determine where the water level is in the boiler in case something is wrong with the sight glass (the angled tube on the left of them, or just as a double check.  The handle in the middle is the throttle.  The black lever to the lower right is the Reverser which also makes it go forward.  The little knob down at the right is for the cylinder cocks, to open and close them.  The lever on the left is a brake which kind of works.  😂 The blue valves on the lower right and left are for the water from the tender for the injectors.