--- Robert Yarger <ryarger1@n...> wrote:
> Asbestos lagging (it is actually only partly
> asbestos) should be removed
> from display locomotives because it absorbs and
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> time. Complete removal of the lagging material is a
> much better route to
> go, so long as the jacket sections are carefully
> numbered, removed, cleaned
> and reinstalled over wood or styrofoam replacement
> lagging (for
> non-operating engines). Before jacket removal the
> thickness of the old
> lagging must first be measured at numerous locations
> on the boiler and
> "mapped", so the replacement "lagging" (actually
> just a spacer between the
> boiler and jacket, which permits air to circulate)
> can be cut to the proper
> thickness. If the jacket is too badly rusted to
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> Bob Yarger, Editor
> Railway Preservation News (website)
> www.rypn.org
Out of curiosity - what replacement lagging would you
use during a rebuild to working status ? Can you still
get asbestos, or is there something else that'll turn
the trick ?
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-Steve Wintner
"well alas we've seen it all before
knights in armour, days of yore
the same old fears and the same old crimes
we haven't changed since ancient times"
-Dire Straits
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