Better yet, what are the two large squarish plate castings with three odd shaped holes through them? Jesse the curious Tennesseean > Hi All, > There is a loco on e-bay item number 6029141731 that has got me puzzled. > It is described as a 5" loco and has a wheel formation of 4-6-4 so it must > be a tank. > The piece of copper tube for the boiler is about 4 feet long but what has > got me really puzzled is the firebox area where it seems to have two what > look like vertical blast tubes or something. > > Anybody got any ideas. > > Puzzled > > Regards > > Clif > 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.