<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">David, it is closed (the Bradford throttle dome). <div><br></div><div>Attached are two photos to show how they were arranged internally. </div><div><br></div><div>---</div><div><br></div><div>Arranged as on the Y-5. The supply pipe wraps around the stack petticoat and connects to the superheater header. Both are inside the smokebox. The throttle valve (similar to an internal combustion engine’s valve) itself is more visible in the second image. The diagonal pipes head down the the cylinders</div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:F2E39D03-E414-42E1-9374-4EEC5DED62B0" alt="4AF2EB10-AA22-4562-9EF4-9BDD415301FA.jpeg"></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Arranged behind the stack, with the dome removed. The pipe arrangement (and the valve itself) is more plainly shown in this one. Superheater header on the left. </div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:F9416533-0954-47EC-9246-A5A1C6D70C52" alt="9F2D5D05-D960-4310-91F1-7111CD3D4951_1_201_a.jpeg"><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br></div><div>Matt Goodman</div><div>Columbus, Ohio</div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Jan 11, 2025, at 8:46 PM, NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="auto">Thanks, <div dir="auto">That makes more sense now.</div><div dir="auto">Are they supposed to have an open top or should the cylinder be closed? </div><div dir="auto">David Baker</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jan 11, 2025, 7:17 PM NW Modeling List <<a href="mailto:nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org">nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Here's pics of my Key Y-5. Looks like you have a missing rod going into the steam dome.<div><br></div><div>Ed Painter #70 from Narrows, VA<br><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jan 10, 2025 at 6:17 AM NW Modeling List <<a href="mailto:nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Ed, this is a Key model. HO scale.<div><div><br></div><div>Mike Rector</div><div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM NW Modeling List <<a href="mailto:nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Who was the importer? What is the scale?<div><br></div><div>Ed Painter #70</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jan 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM NW Modeling List <<a href="mailto:nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Hi society,<div dir="auto">Does anyone know what this little thing in front of the smokestack is? This is supposedly a Y5.</div><div dir="auto">David Baker<br><span id="cid:ii_194485c246e8a124dab1"><1000005460.jpg></span><br><br></div></div>
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