coool I want the top one Rio Grande had those during WW2 I believe one exploded later cause of low water
Originally posted by microbusss - December 28 2011 : 11:32:54 AM
The first track-pan water scooper invented blew up, too. The occurance of "displacement" happened. While the water was being scooped, there was nowhere for the air to escape... BOOM! The locomotive lost it's tender behind... Air holes were incorporated on end top.
There were identifications of when the scoop application was complete... 1. Water gushing out of tender... 2. First car behind tender was shiny and soaked... 3. Conductor was soaked because his timing was bad when he made an inspection of the locomotive/tender... 4. A sign aside the rail warning engineer and fireman approaching "End Of Track Pan"... 5. Debris was created in a dusty mess because someone forgot to raise the scooper. (D'OH!)
A few stories arose during the winter times... 1. An ice jam created because the pans were partly frozen 2. Trains coming to a stop because of low water... no water could be scooped because the water was frozen solid... 3. and sometimes the worst story... Hobo's discovered on the rear of the tender, trying to catch a ride in the middle of winter... The hobo was Frozen solid because of perfect timing of track-pan pick-up... the topping off of water and over-flow onto the hobo... wind-chill increased since the "Crack-Speed" trains were rushing to make good timing to their destination... water and 50-70mph speed/wind shear with below 0'F temperatures equaled instant freezing in less than a minute. Hobosickle
John I don't have a one track mind. It depends on the turn-out. "I love your catenary!" Is that a power-trip or just another pick-up line?
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