Noisseville 1870 FPW

[kipt]

Thank you. Wonder why the large bellow type stacks in the ACW?

[d_Guy]

Very much like the loco, Leman.

Kipt, I think the bell-shaped stacks were designed to trap sparks.

[Leman]

I have heard that this is because the early American locos were woodburners , whereas the Europeans used coal which created fewer sparks.

[kipt]

Makes sense and I had my suspicions that was the case.

[Womble67]

Those locos looks brilliant

Take care

Andy

[Leman]

Spotted them on eBay a couple of years back and thought they would come in useful one day.