Did you ever wonder why all the old "Brakies" would pull those heavy old
bullchains where they needed them? Did you ever try to push one?
Archie
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From: "William Franckey" <budapest@g...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 8:07 PM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Drawbars.
> Karl, I think "Gentle Ben" Darling qualifies as a drawbar tester. Bill
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> From: "qrailroadman" <karl5631@a...>
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> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 7:10 PM
> Subject: [BRHSlist] Drawbars.
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> > 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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