[CBQ] Re: Anatomy of a hot box

["Brian" <BM4110@verizon.net>]

--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "Karl" <qrailroadman@...> wrote:
>
> 
> Packin' and FIRE !!  There was a gentleman, who is no longer with us, while 
> brakin' on the Congo (Congress Park Tabulated Wayfreight) did as his "boss" 
> instructed him to do at Cicero.  "Get the stove goin", NOW" !!  This 
> gentleman employed the age-old trick of startin' the waycar stove in a HURRY 
> by "borrowing" the oil-soaked packin' from one of the boxes on their waycar.  
> With the film of oil remaining on the journal the four mile trip to the park 
> would pose no threat to the bearing.  THAT was probably a safe bet, had they 
> gone IN at the park ! For some reason the DS got word to the Congo to head 
> straight for Downers, not stopping at the Park.  While the four mile trip 
> might have gone without incident, that "film of oil" was no match for the 
> TWELVE mile trip to Downers.  On the way, there WAS and incident.
> 
> Everybody and the waycar survived.  It took a long time, however, for the 
> Brakeman to out live the comments that "poped up" occasionally.
> 
> Karl
>


Cicero seems to have always been a real brain trust!



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