Central RS1 ...passenger question

You might contact/research the NYCSHS website. 

Page 9 of Dave Sweetland's "New York Central Lightning Stripes" published by Morning Sun has excellent pictures of two of the passenger equipped RS-1s, the 8100 and 8112, which show the short hood details including the steam generator stack to good effect. Both are painted in the lightning stripe scheme; the 8100 in gray and the 8112 in black.

Bob    

I don't have the book, but know a couple people who almost certainly will. I suspect this installation won't be too far removed from the typical boiler equipped RS1 found elsewhere.  I would also expect to find an ATS shoe installed.

Atlas RS1, Morristown and Erie, had the steam generator stack on the short hood.

Very close to the cab.  Note the silver stack, that cuts through the roof overhang.

 Better look.

Is that the factory set-up or an aftermarket mod.??  I've seen the large exhaust stack many times, but there seems to be quite a variety of intake options out there.  Compare this model with the short hood tops on the ex W.U.T.  RS1s.  Assuming this photo is an Atlas O model.

The Morristown & Erie 15 was a former Navy unit built for use at Dahlgren Proving Ground. Delivered with a steam generator, it was later removed.

Below is a short hood view of the 15 early in its M&E career which shows the steam generator stack immediately adjacent to the rear of the cab as placed correctly by Atlas (Mr. Bill Greenberg was the photographer and the photo is credited to the collection of Mr. Steve Hepler). As shown in the photos of the New York Central RS-1s in the Sweetland book which I referenced in my post above, their stacks were configured in a manner similar to the Central's passenger equipped RS-3 units with the stack positioned closer to the end of the hood.

Bob

Here is a 1955 photo from the net showing no steam generator that I can detect from railarchive.net.

Another view:

Here is a link to a joint Locomotive Operator's Manual that includes the RS-1.  The location of the steam generator exhaust is as shown in the photos above this post.

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/manual/TP600-02.pdf

Regards,

Jerry

It's my understanding that only some of the Central RS1s were boiler equipped.  The one I have is #8102 with two tone gray paint.

All that tech info makes you want to out and buy one in twelve to the foot ! I got to help Rich Stoving one afternoon getting the # 47 ready for the TC Dinner train.  The Lobster Newburg was over the top...but couldn't touch the hands on RS1 experience !  The Atlas RS1 is terrific, but really needs 539T sound instead of the 244.  The MTH has the right engine, but funky truck sideframes (which appear to have been addressed). Mike also added smoke plus lit number boards.

That's correct. Only the 8100, 8112 and 8113 were delivered with steam generators.

Bob

Seems Atlas may have goofed with the 8102....or mebby not.  It's possible somebody gave them a color slide of the unit in two tone gray, and if that's the case, the unit would have been retro-fitted with S. G. gear at some point.  Good to learn about M&E 15 and her origins and changes.