Among locomotives that got L&B front ends, as the smokebox extensions were known, were several classes of 4-4-2s. These extensions could make for some really ugly looking locomotives! Known as L&B Front End ( Lignite & Bituminous), it worked for both, and that's why the extension and its "guts" did not have to be removed when a locomotive was reassigned to non-lignite burning divisions; only the grates had to be changed. And for reference, the Omaha, Lincoln and Wymore divisions were never lignite burning divisions. Alliance, McCook, Sterling, Casper and Sheridan were the only ones, but Sterling and Casper became oil-burning divisions by 1930. To the best of my knowledge, the only Q locomotives that came from the builder with L&B front ends were the class B-1 and B-1-A Mountains ( 4-8-2 ); all others were fitted with them by the railroad.
During 1925 this locomotive was rebuilt with the application of new cylinders and accessories, new main frame and frame crossties, Schmidt superheater, new tube sheets and tbes to suit the superheater, new Walschaerts valve gear, new steam pipes, new front deck plate, new cross-compound air pump, new main axles and main driving boxes,#and a Worthington feedwater heater. The tender was also rebuilt with four-wheel Commonwealth trucks replacing the original pedestal type.
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