Diamond stack wanted

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GANDYDANCER

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Can anyone help. Does anyone have a spare Diamond smoke stack for a Bachmann Shay that I can purchase .
Thanks
 
Rod I have the diamond top from the stack of the 1:20.3 Mogul if it's of any use ? See picture (if it comes out *LOL*) Just send me your address and it's yours if you want it.

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Tony said:
i have one if not i dont use it as its to high for my tunnels if you have a standard one in exchange
Tony
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Tony
I only have a spare onion stack if that is any good for you
Rod
 
funandtrains said:
If you want a straight one Trackside Details sell two styles of direct replacement, turned brass stacks which are drilled to accept LGB type smoke units.
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Thanks for that info
Rod
 
GANDYDANCER said:
Tony said:
i have one if not i dont use it as its to high for my tunnels if you have a standard one in exchange
Tony
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Tony
I only have a spare onion stack if that is any good for you
Rod
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Rod
Not sure what you mean by onion stack i just use the straight short one from my Heisler at the mo
I have the original diamond shaped one from my Bachmann two truck electric Shay it sits very high and has the hinged mesh lid you are welcome to have that as long as the one you send is not much higher than the cab roof and plugs into the hole im not worried about the shape ( rule 8 and all that) i was going to make one but havnt got around to it
PM me your address and il get it in the post
PS this is the one ive got
Tony
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Not sure if this will help but Bachmann refers to the stacks as follows :

Stovepipe Stack
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Balloon Stack[/h1]
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I always thought the Diamond stack was the one shown below (This is the Heisler Version I have and am sure they mention it having a Diamond stack?)

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Regards,
 
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM i dont know and i stand to be corrected but i have a Climax a Shay and a Heisler the climax has a short straight stack that wont fit the other two, the shay has the one pictured on my heisler and in the top photo of previous post and the heisler came with a short straihjt one that will and does swop with the shay (so it will run though my tunnels
I assumed that even though they all have coal loads as fuel the shay being a lumber hauling loco could have been fueled on wood so has a spark arester hence the fine mesh stack

Tony
 
So whats the difference between diamond, onion and cabbage?
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I'm SO sorry Fifty Five and a Half, but I couldn't resist..............

One's very crunchy and will break your teeth, the others are smelly and make you f*rt. Come to that, so might a diamond ?? :bigsmile:
 
Another reason for burning coal rather than wood is that the tannins in wood tend to be corrosive to the boiler metalwork.
 
funandtrains said:
Tony said:
I assumed that even though they all have coal loads as fuel the shay being a lumber hauling loco could have been fueled on wood so has a spark arester hence the fine mesh stack
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You would of thought that logging railroads would burn waste wood as fuel being almost free and in the early days they did. There were however two main problems with timber fuel:
[*]You need a lot of it! Therefore locos need a big bunker or tender with fuel dumps handy to reload regularly. It is also hard work for the fireman![*]Timber make lots of sparks - a big problem in a forrest! Spark arrestors work to a certain extent but they reduce the effeciency of the locomotive so the less sparks the more fuel you need. Therefore other fuels were used. Some logging lines were near coal mines, especially in Pennsylvania, so coal was cheap, made less sparks and you need less of it than timber. Oil became popular to fuel logging locos in the early 20th century as there are no sparks so safe to use and has a much higher calorific value than wood or coal so a tank full will last a long time compared to a bunker of timber. Oil firing also is easier on the crew and causes less amintenance problems.

You also have to consider not all logging was for construction timber, much was to make wood chips which would not leave any waste wood for locos to burn.
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Ok thanks for that great to know but any idea why my shay has such a shaped stack on it

Tony
 
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