Greetings, I just talked with J.F. Schmid, a retired engineer in Aurora.
He remembers the way a locomotive was dedicated to cleaning out flange ways
with steam at Aurora was to connect a hose or piping to the boiler blowdown.
He worked for a short time in Eola roundhouse and had an interesting
experience while removing a plug at the mud ring from a warm boiler. I know
he was and is very aware of this boiler steam connection. Somehow we got
off on other stories so this aspect of flangeway cleaning was not explored
further.
WAF
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From: <PSHedgpeth@a...>
To: <BRHSlist@egroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2001 2:38 PM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Steam
> The hose you are referring to was referred to as the "squirt hose". I
> believe that it was connected to the injector on the fireman's side. It
was
> normally used to wash down the deck and other cleanup duties. This was a
> permanent part of the fixtures on a steam engine. It was below the level
of
> the crown sheet and brought forth primarily water at boiler pressure,
which
> of course flashed into steam as it came out at atmospheric pressure.
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> I'd be subject to correction on this by someone who has a more intimate
> knowledge than I do. Mine being limited to ages 0-9 while "firing" on the
> Rock Port Langdon and Northern.
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> Pete Hedgpeth
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