Karl, I think "Gentle Ben" Darling qualifies as a drawbar tester. Bill
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From: "qrailroadman" <karl5631@a...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 7:10 PM
Subject: [BRHSlist] Drawbars.
> Pete got the definitions right and Jan selected the correct "medium".
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> I uploaded a couple a pics of busted drawbars to the "Photos" section.
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> No. 1 is the typical manner of failure of the rotary drawbars on coal
> equipment. The "old break" is that part of the shank that displays
> discoloration and a noticeable difference in texture. In the case of
> no. 1 it's right hand half of the shank.
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> No. 2 is also typical of rotary drawbar shank failures. The piece
> missing in this picture is the "Mystery Part" mentioned in another
> shot. The "mystery part" was once an integeral part of the shank and
> was responsible for holding the drawbar in the car. Its failure,
> over time, ultimately led to the failure of the shank under a period
> of high stress. In the picture showing MP 122 the period of high
> stress occured as the train was ascending the 1%+ grade just out of
> Pueblo, CO.
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> While these are late vintage drawbars the failures are representative
> of the failures of countless thousands of drawbars in years gone by.
> Just ask Max Wissel.
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> Hey, anybody out there remember "Bullchain" ??
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> Karl
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