<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Glad to help. </div><div><br></div><div>There’s a variety of ash pit arrangements. In the first image , the locomotive is on what amounts to a bridge. Ashes that are discharged are manually shoveled into gondolas on a depressed track. </div><div><br></div><div>The modern N&W arrangement had a water / steam system that washed (and cooled ) hot ashes into a sluice way, and the whole mess was pumped into a raised “de watering” tower. The dried ashes were disposed of or sold, and the drained water was used again. Good fit for a large terminal. </div><div><br></div><div>There were other arrangements as well - probably the best known being a skip hoist that transferred the ashes in the pit into a waiting gon or hopper on an adjacent track. This is a good fit for a smaller terminal. </div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Matt Goodman</div><div>Columbus, Ohio</div><div><br></div>Sent from my mobile</div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Nov 25, 2024, at 8:28 PM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org> wrote:<br><br></div><div dir="ltr">
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Thanks, Matt, for your reply. I have a much better understanding of ash pit locations. I now know where I want to locate an ash pit on my layout!</div>
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<div>And one more drawing from the 1947 cyclopedia that conveniently illustrates a modern N&W yard.
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<div>Ash pits were located on one of the inbound leads to the engine house, clustered close to the sand, fuel, and water facilities. Attached are two an examples (fuel and water are not in the first image). </div>
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<div>The first image is demonstrating the location of a water softening plant in the 1947 Locomotive Cyclopedia. The second image is for a proposed yard on the N&W in Columbus. It was never built. </div>
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In relation to the roundhouse, where were most ash pits located in the yard? Were they close to the round house or wherever was convenient in the yard?</div>
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