Jawn Henry water treatment tender

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I suspect King's conclusion may be correct based on what I can see of 
the tender in the photo.

This discussion raises a question in my mind why the zeolite water 
treatment apparatus was installed in the 2300's treatment tender.  Other 
steam locomotives on the N&W performed well enough with the conventional 
treated water from the wayside tanks.  Did the 2300's water tube boiler 
or steam turbine dictate a higher level of treatment?

It may not be well known, but in later years after the 2300 was based at 
Shaffers Crossing for pusher service on Blue Ridge grade, the zeolite 
water treatment apparatus was removed from its tender and installed in 
the water treatment building at Shaffers Crossing, where in later years, 
as best as I can remember, it supplied water for the steam generators on 
the GP-9 passenger diesel locomotives. When I was working at the 
Shaffers Crossing roundhouse in the diesel era, I somewhat  remember one 
day that I accompanied a Motive Power water treatment specialist to the 
zeolite installation there to charge/flush (I don't remember what) the 
zeolite water treatment softener.

Gordon Hamilton

On 10/27/2020 4:48 PM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List wrote:
> Cousin Jim,
>
> Are you sure that's Jawn Henry's water treatment tender behind the 
> 1231?  Maybe what you're seeing is a standard A tank and what looks 
> like the softener cistern is just the contour of the nose of the Class 
> K 4-8-2 behind it.
>
> Bill King
> Arlington, Virginia
>
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> Looks like Jawn Henry’s water treatment tender is behind 1231: 
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/Norfolk-Western-N-W-Steam-Locomotive-1231-Original-Slide-Roanoke/203151379541?hash=item2f4cc40c55:g:b9IAAOSwH3FflBjP 
> <https://www.ebay.com/itm/Norfolk-Western-N-W-Steam-Locomotive-1231-Original-Slide-Roanoke/203151379541?hash=item2f4cc40c55:g:b9IAAOSwH3FflBjP>
> Jim King
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