Pete and list-
I have a couple of shots of a waycar and 01a (taken just east of Maple
Avenue between Brookfield and Congress Park). The O1a is interesting in
that it has a normal O1a tank, but on an extended frame. As I understand
it, some of them were delivered that way so the Q could take O2 and 03
tanks, splice an extension on them and reuse the shorter frames under the
O1a tanks. We are talking cheap railroad here, guys.
But the Waycar has a tank hanging off the bottom of the carbody, maybe about
a foot or more in diameter, maybe 18" long, which must be a "Keeley". I'll
try to dig it up at home over the weekend, scan it, and get it posted to the
files.
Charlie Vlk
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> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 9:39 AM
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> Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Burlington Bulletin #40
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> Charlie and list
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> Here's a little "aside" which was triggered by the irrigation
> lines matter.
>
> Years ago...before my time even....and in the days of all
> friction bearing
> cars there was a method of "nursing" a hotbox along when it
> was necessary to
> keep the car moving ie a perishable or "hot" load which
> couldn't be set out.
>
> That method was called a Keeley.....It consisted of nailing
> or hanging a
> container of water to the side of the car with the hotbox and
> running a hose
> from said container down to the overheated hub. Said
> arrangement allowed for
> a trickle of water to continually be directed into the
> journal box, thus
> helping to improve the lubrication and at the same time cool
> the hot journal.
>
> The name "Keeley" was derived from an early 1900's or perhaps
> earlier, "cure"
> for Alcoholism which consisted of replacing the consumption
> of alcohol with
> large quantities of water.
>
> I never saw a "Keeley" actually used nor did I ever do
> anything regarding
> cooling hotboxes other than pulling out the burning packing,
> along with, in
> most cases, chunks of melted babbit material and then tossing
> buckets of
> water onto the journal box to cool things off, then repacking
> the box and
> inserting the "rod dope" which consisted of "rods" of
> hardened grease which
> was somewhat water soluble and would improved lubrication as
> it melted and
> adhered to the journal.
>
> I'd be glad for comments of others who go back to the days of
> all friction
> bearings and the regular setting out of hotboxes.
>
> Pete
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