- 161. Re: [BRHSlist] Step Off (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@y...>
- Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 09:33:47 -0700 (PDT)
- Pete Amen to that. Forty years ago some employees went months without ever seeing an offical and the system worked really well! Today, people who don't know a cut lever from a tie plate tell working
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-04/msg00207.html (8,499 bytes)
- 162. Re: [BRHSlist] Diesel Engine Question (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@y...>
- Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 10:09:55 -0800 (PST)
- Bob, In the days of cheap diesel fuel, this was one of the prime reasons for this practice,(in case of a leaking head gasket, not an uncommon occurrence), another was to save the wear and tear on the
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-03/msg00007.html (7,979 bytes)
- 163. Re: [BRHSlist] Steam engine questions (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@y...>
- Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2002 13:10:15 -0800 (PST)
- Yes, the 6319 did have a Worthington BL feedwater heater. The basic difference in the two types, was that the Elesco used a "closed" system where the exhaust steam and feedwater never came in direct
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-03/msg00074.html (11,491 bytes)
- 164. Re: [BRHSlist] Steam engine questions (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@y...>
- Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 12:59:05 -0800 (PST)
- Jonathan You missed it on why the road engines ( in heavy and/or fast service) needed feedwater heaters. They saved coal or oil and water. This meant less cost for fuel and water, plus fewer servicin
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-03/msg00082.html (11,163 bytes)
- 165. RE: [BRHSlist] Use of Boiler Feedwater Heaters (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@y...>
- Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 11:15:05 -0800 (PST)
- Yes, Scott you are correct. The reason bleed steam is used instead of "pure" exhaust steam is that, stationary plants are generally operate on a condensing cycle. The exhaust steam ends up below atom
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-03/msg00089.html (14,667 bytes)
- 166. Re: [BRHSlist] Use of Feedwater Heaters on the Burlington (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@y...>
- Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 21:10:05 -0800 (PST)
- Jonathan I don't think we are in disagreement at all . My point was that FWH's produce better thermal efficiency. That does translate into fuel and water saving, but it also means for a given size bo
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-03/msg00124.html (17,610 bytes)
- 167. Re: [BRHSlist] Use of Feedwater Heaters on the Burlington (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@y...>
- Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 21:10:21 -0800 (PST)
- Jonathan I don't think we are in disagreement at all . My point was that FWH's produce better thermal efficiency. That does translate into fuel and water saving, but it also means for a given size bo
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-03/msg00125.html (17,611 bytes)
- 168. FWH's (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@y...>
- Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 12:45:07 -0800 (PST)
- List After I made my post, late last night, I thought of a few more comments about FWH's. First, some may not know what we mean by thermal efficiency. In rough terms it is the ratio of energy out of
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-03/msg00132.html (7,737 bytes)
- 169. RE: [BRHSlist] Use of Feedwater Heaters on the Burlington (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@y...>
- Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 13:02:57 -0800 (PST)
- Thermic Syphons were funnel shaped tubes, that ran down from the crown sheet in the firebox to the bottom of the back tube sheet or the throat sheet (on boilers with combustion chambers). They improv
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-03/msg00133.html (9,986 bytes)
- 170. Re: [BRHSlist] Re: Red-winged Blackbirds (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@y...>
- Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 09:24:02 -0800 (PST)
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- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-02/msg00044.html (9,908 bytes)
- 171. RE: [BRHSlist] question (revised) (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@y...>
- Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 09:29:43 -0800 (PST)
- Everybody, railroader and nonrailroader alike, called the Passenger Motor Car assigned to trains 11 & 12, in southern Illinois, the "Dinky". That term was also used for the tank engines, (and later 4
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-02/msg00045.html (11,977 bytes)
- 172. Re: [BRHSlist] Re: Red-winged Blackbirds (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@y...>
- Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 16:21:55 -0800 (PST)
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- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-02/msg00096.html (10,236 bytes)
- 173. Re: [BRHSlist] Small Town Depots (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@y...>
- Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 12:58:05 -0800 (PST)
- Al A lot of the Q depots had a coal bin, (it was fairly large, held 2 or 3 tons), in the baggage/freight room, so they didn't have a coal shed. John D. Mitchell, Jr. _________________________________
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-02/msg00145.html (8,008 bytes)
- 174. Re: [BRHSlist] Roundhouse Doors & Plans (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@y...>
- Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 14:19:09 -0800 (PST)
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- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-02/msg00162.html (7,334 bytes)
- 175. RE: [BRHSlist] Names on C B & Q (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@y...>
- Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 09:17:18 -0800 (PST)
- Annual Reports sometimes have this sort of info, as did the co. magazine the "Bulington Bulletin". Also our BB #35. I mention the orgins of a few Southern Illlinois station names. ___________________
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-02/msg00217.html (10,848 bytes)
- 176. Re: [BRHSlist] RE: Names, flames and Not Round Houses (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@y...>
- Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 13:37:41 -0800 (PST)
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- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-02/msg00247.html (7,529 bytes)
- 177. Re: [BRHSlist] Commuter Service Question (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@y...>
- Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 12:59:32 -0800 (PST)
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- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-02/msg00328.html (7,728 bytes)
- 178. Re: [BRHSlist] Old Monroe to Francis (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@y...>
- Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 13:03:48 -0800 (PST)
- It was a Hannibal Divisiopn main line. John D. Mitchell, Jr. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.c
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-02/msg00330.html (8,410 bytes)
- 179. Re: [BRHSlist] Burlington Piggyback (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@y...>
- Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 13:09:32 -0800 (PST)
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- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-02/msg00332.html (7,821 bytes)
- 180. Re: [BRHSlist] Burlington Piggyback (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@y...>
- Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 11:41:12 -0800 (PST)
- Rupert You missed BB#35, page 31. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-02/msg00346.html (8,479 bytes)
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