Trainmen sometimes put water on a journal to knock down flames
to prevent wood car floors from being ignited, particularly a
lumber load.
After all a hot journal is most often due to lack of oil.
Any water added will further dilute the remaining lubrication
causing an a repack situation to more likely become a change
out. On the other hand, in the field you do what gets the
car to the nearest set out location. I started too late to get
very much plain bearing hot box experience.
Dick Haave
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--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "qmp211" <milepost206@...> wrote:
>
>
> Even with the premise surrounding the employee's duty to protect company
> property, I am not convinced water cooling for hot journal boxes was a
> standard practice.
>
> And since the history of the engine found at the link appears to be written
> by someone other than Baldwin, I would like to hear more about these water
> lines. Limping an engine to a terminal is a lot different investment/safety
> consideration than the conventional hotbox.
>
> Any other photos of this arrangement on other engines would be helpful along
> with any Baldwin info on theory and practice.
>
> As for the long tender deck, many builder photos were hand retouched from
> other images. I would suggest that this builder card MIGHT have reflected a
> long deck as delivered.
>
> But I tend to believe this was a possible revision in process for a longer
> tender and then redrawn to the as-built length or just a mistake. The
> builders and railroads bounced around many ideas for changes in the builder's
> card format.
>
> Anyway, that's my 2¢.
>
> Randy
>
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