Pyrometer on Gresley A3 locos - Question
Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2018 7:03 pm
Hi all,
My good lady is painting Shotover at Kings Cross just after she had just completed the inaugural non stop up run from Edinburgh to Kings Cross in 1928.
As you can see Chris is working from 2 reference photos, the top one is the painting and the second taken the same day (scanned for illustrative purposes from the RCST green book) shows the loco in a slightly different position and describes the loco as still being fitted with a "Pyrometer"
What Chris would like to confirm is, is the loop of wire just behind and above the smokebox the Pyrometer? Initially we both thought it to be the loop of a yard lamp but having noted that it's still in the same position even as the loco has moved we wondered if that's what it was, having read the description that accompanies the photo in the RCTS volume.
Many thanks for any enlightenment you can offer.
My good lady is painting Shotover at Kings Cross just after she had just completed the inaugural non stop up run from Edinburgh to Kings Cross in 1928.
As you can see Chris is working from 2 reference photos, the top one is the painting and the second taken the same day (scanned for illustrative purposes from the RCST green book) shows the loco in a slightly different position and describes the loco as still being fitted with a "Pyrometer"
What Chris would like to confirm is, is the loop of wire just behind and above the smokebox the Pyrometer? Initially we both thought it to be the loop of a yard lamp but having noted that it's still in the same position even as the loco has moved we wondered if that's what it was, having read the description that accompanies the photo in the RCTS volume.
Many thanks for any enlightenment you can offer.