At about 5:40 pm mdt a worker opened the smokebox door while over the ash pit. He took a water hose and did something in the smokebox. He then dogged the door and backed the engines through the house to the other side.
Does anyone know what he was doing?
Allan
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by Allan Kirkpatrick » Fri Jul 08, 2022 5:15 pm
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Re: smokebox door
by Robert Brigham » Wed Jul 13, 2022 9:10 am
Allan,
The railroad installed cyclone cinder-catchers in the front end of the coal-burning locomotives to mitigate the fire hazard posed by hot cinders. These catchers are designed to trap cinders in the smoke box, rather than blowing them out the stack. So, if I had to guess, I would say what you saw was them emptying the trapped cinders.
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The railroad installed cyclone cinder-catchers in the front end of the coal-burning locomotives to mitigate the fire hazard posed by hot cinders. These catchers are designed to trap cinders in the smoke box, rather than blowing them out the stack. So, if I had to guess, I would say what you saw was them emptying the trapped cinders.
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Re: smokebox door
by Tom Casper » Thu Jul 14, 2022 7:33 am
that may be but I thought it was 489 and she is an oil burner so can anyone confirm it was?
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Re: smokebox door
by Glenn Butcher » Fri Jul 15, 2022 7:05 am
489 is at the gas station right now...
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Re: smokebox door
by Tom Casper » Sun Jul 17, 2022 7:05 am
Roger show 484 went East in the AM so it must have been 489
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