I was looking at 4-6-0 smokebox front plate and thinking way it is a slightly larger diameter and overhangs smokebox sides just couldn't be right.
Well . . .
Looking through a couple books at other detail ideas noticed some photos showing, yes, that is sometimes the case. One even had a good close-up.
Books were The Age of Steam, by Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg; and, The Pacific Coast Company, by Gerald M. Best.
Wow, the stuff ya learn when ya ain't looking for it!
later,
Forrest
Well . . .
Looking through a couple books at other detail ideas noticed some photos showing, yes, that is sometimes the case. One even had a good close-up.
Books were The Age of Steam, by Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg; and, The Pacific Coast Company, by Gerald M. Best.
Wow, the stuff ya learn when ya ain't looking for it!
later,
Forrest