Summer 2010 Train Ride Tickets on Sale
- New for the HVSR trips: Fundraiser Matching!
When you purchase tickets for the Hocking Valley Trip on Father's Day Weekend it helps us receive a 25% match on our proceeds raised from this excursion. Help us spread the word and purchase your tickets today!
Fathers Day Weekend is: June 18, 19, 20th
Bring the whole family out for a train trip on Fathers Day Weekend. Its a great way to spend time with Dad and tickets are reasonably priced and we have multiple trips setup for this weekend on the Hocking Valley Scenic Railway. All Proceeds go to the rebuild of #1352.
Ticket Prices: $16.00 Adults Children: $10.00 (12 and under)
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Fathers Day Weekend on the Hocking Valley
CVSR Fitzwater Shop Trip: July 24th & 25th, 2010
Looking for a bit more railfan-oriented experience? Want to Ride in Executive Class without Paying the Executive price? Check out our exclusive charter on the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad, complete with a rare shop tour of the line's Fitzwater Shop Complex. We'll even throw in a photo runby and lunch!
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CVSR Fitzwater Shop Tour
American Steam Railroad Needs You!
We Need your help to make our 35K Goal to bring #1352 home! 12.5K already Raised!!
June/July Donation Match Challenge
Hocking Valley Train Trip Match
Private donors have come forward to match up to 25% of our proceeds from the sale of the Hocking Valley Father's Day Train trips. Come enjoy a train trip and help ASR raise money for locomotive #1352!
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June/July Donation Match Challenge Part II
1000 People/25.00 dollar Match
Another set of private donors are willing to match up 35% to anyone who donates $25.00 or more to the ASR during the month of June and July. If we can gather 1000 donations of $25.00 or more, the donors will increase the matching level to 50%. These are even more great opportunities to help ASR raise money!
ASR Hits the Airwaves in Columbus, Ohio
Keep the dial tuned to Newstalk 610 WTVN in Columbus, Ohio Be sure to tune in during the afternoon drive on Wednesday, June 2nd at 3:00 PM as ASR's Chairman & CEO, Steven Harvey, joins WTVN's John Corby to talk trains and steam locomotive preservation!
Don't have a radio handy or don't live in Columbus? Listen online at:
610 WVTN
Newsletter Take Off!!
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What does that Part do on #1352?
Coffin Feed Water Pump
Coffin Water Pump Similar to #1352 (Closed System) |
In this edition we will take you through the workings of why steam locomotives used a Feed Water Pump System.
In a steam locomotive, water from the tender is used to keep the water level in the boiler constant. Both the engineer and firemen can control the insertion of water from the tender into the boiler. The temperature of the water in the tender is the ambient temperature. The water in the boiler is at the boiling point. Adding relatively cold water to an operating boiler takes some of the energy out of the boiler. To improve the thermodynamic efficiency of the locomotive, it would be beneficial to preheat the water before it is fed into the boiler.
The steam exhausted from the cylinders of a steam locomotive is still quite hot. Instead of releasing this steam to the atmosphere and wasting the heat energy contained within it, feedwater heaters use this exhausted steam to preheat the water from the tender before it is fed into the boiler.
Given the benefits of a feedwater heater the obvious question is: "Why didn't all steam locomotive have them?" The answer is: Because railroads had to weigh the cost of higher maintenance against the price of fuel. Sometimes, the cost of fuel was simply cheaper than the cost to maintaining them.
There are two main types of feedwater heaters: open and closed.
Open Feedwater Heaters
In an open feedwater heater both the feedwater and steam are allowed to mix. This required two pumps. One disadvantage of open feedwater heaters was the valve lubrication oil present in the exhausted steam was mixed with the feedwater going into the boiler. A Worthington Company feedwater heater is an example of an open feedwater System.
Closed Feedwater Heaters
In a closed feedwater heater the feedwater is run through a small pipe which is contained in a chamber of steam. Condensed steam is collected and piped back into the tender. One disadvantage of closed feedwater heaters was that the additional small copper piping was prone to leaks. The Elesco and Coffin feedwater heaters are examples of this type. The company name "Elesco" was taken from "Locomotive Superheater Company". "LSCo" is pronounced "El" "Es" "Co" or "Elesco".
Feedwater Heater Identification
Feedwater heaters on steam locomotives are easily identified by their location and shape. Elesco bundle type feedwater heaters were often contained within a cylinder mounted horizontally above the smokebox. They can also be partially inset within the top of a smokebox. Coffin feedwater heaters were designed to be contained within the top of a smokebox. However, when retrofitted, they were mounted in front of the smokebox. Worthington BL type feedwater heaters were often mounted on the side of a locomotive and may look like an air pump to the untrained eye. Worthington SA type feedwater heaters were inset into the top of the smokebox. By 1930 most steam locomotives were built with feedwater heaters and the Worthington SA type was the most popular today.
