Close up of BoxPox drivers and valve gear components

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Identifier

NG502012

Title

Close up of BoxPox drivers and valve gear components

Subject

Steam Locomotive

Description

This photograph of the running gear of the 3148 gives a clue to the immediate reason for her removal from service (she would have succumbed to dieselitis shortly afterward anyway). Notice that the piston key is not tightly fitted into the crosshead - it is merely resting in the slot. Several days earlier, the key had worked out while a hostler was jockeying the big girl around in enginehouse territory, and before he got her stopped, enough damage had been inflicted on the piston and crosshead to render them irreparable. Since this unfortunate accident occurred less than a year before the end of steam activities, replacements for such vital parts and the labor necessary to install them were not forthcoming, and the only 'replacements' that ever arrived for the 3148 were her last ones - diesels.

Creator

Jeremy Taylor

Contributor

Jeremy Taylor

Format

2-1/4x3-1/4 neg

Date Created

4/1956

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Sub-Subject

4-8-2

Negative Number

425

Class-Lot

L-4b

Road Number

#3148

Builder

Lima

Location

Shelby St., Indianapolis, IN

Citation

Jeremy Taylor, “Close up of BoxPox drivers and valve gear components,” New York Central System Historical Society, accessed November 2, 2024, https://nycshs.omeka.net/items/show/85903.

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