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1. Re: [BRHSlist] reL freezing locos/E unit usage (score: 1)
Author: "Russell Strodtz" <vlbg@e...>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 09:05:54 -0500
Gerald, Comments inserted. & for as understand, The stand by heaters were the ineffective design. I would suppose that the steam generators worked as well as any other roads. From the reading I've do
/archives/BRHSLIST/2002-10/msg00088.html (11,793 bytes)

2. Re: [BRHSlist] reL freezing locos/E unit usage (score: 1)
Author: "Marshall Thayer" <zephyr9903@e...>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 07:50:51 -0700
One of Russell's comments in his latest post brought up a related question in my mind - In the Q's late steam era, some Prairies were assigned to work train duty and given an additional air compresso
/archives/BRHSLIST/2002-10/msg00089.html (7,935 bytes)

3. Re: [BRHSlist] reL freezing locos/E unit usage (score: 1)
Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@y...>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 08:23:49 -0700 (PDT)
Marshall In work train service with air operated equipment (air dumps, spreaders, rail loaders, etc.), the feed valve was set up to 110 psi, so-called "psssenger air" and the throttle was set in notc
/archives/BRHSLIST/2002-10/msg00092.html (8,914 bytes)

4. Re: [BRHSlist] reL freezing locos/E unit usage (score: 1)
Author: "Russell Strodtz" <vlbg@e...>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 16:49:16 -0500
Marshall, The NP did have GP9's equipped with flangers. They were raised or lowered by what looked like a small brake valve on the backside of the control stand. Never heard of a diesel with an extra
/archives/BRHSLIST/2002-10/msg00099.html (8,820 bytes)

5. RE: [BRHSlist] reL freezing locos/E unit usage (score: 1)
Author: "Tom Mitchell" <tmitchell@c...>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 18:01:27 -0400
What's a "flanger?" Marshall, The NP did have GP9's equipped with flangers. They were raised or lowered by what looked like a small brake valve on the backside of the control stand. Never heard of a
/archives/BRHSLIST/2002-10/msg00100.html (9,018 bytes)

6. Re: [BRHSlist] reL freezing locos/E unit usage (score: 1)
Author: "Marshall Thayer" <zephyr9903@e...>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 15:33:11 -0700
A "flanger" is a plow-blade designed to drop below railhead level and clear snow or ise from the flangeways. Flangers are always vertically adjustable, and must be raised before encountering a turno
/archives/BRHSLIST/2002-10/msg00102.html (7,856 bytes)

7. Re: [BRHSlist] reL freezing locos/E unit usage (score: 1)
Author: "Russell Strodtz" <vlbg@e...>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 17:36:17 -0500
Tom, A steel blade on air cylinders that could be lowered to scrape the ice off the top of the rail to prevent derailments. Used on yard trackage and also on mainline cuts that had drifted in and did
/archives/BRHSLIST/2002-10/msg00103.html (9,343 bytes)


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