True, but this particular boiler is built into a metal casing in order to hold everything together. Al --- JESSE LIVINGSTON <fernj1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Al, > A lot of early locomotive boilers were lagged with > wood strips. Look at the > photo of "Locomotion" that we were bandying around a > while back. > > Jesse > > > Jesse, this is a horizonal water tube boiler or I > > would do as you suggest. > > > -- Binary/unsupported file stripped by Ecartis -- > -- Type: image/jpeg > -- File: locomotion.jpg > > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email > to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > "unsubscribe" in the subject line. > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.