Re: Tool box pic

drgwk37 Wrote:
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> dave2-8-0 Wrote:
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> > Is that a hose reel, just in front of the
> > compressors under the walk way?
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> > Dave
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> Yes it is, you can also see a long nozzle on the
> end tucked in at the top. I've noticed this on a
> few of the C's as well as 479. I think that if an
> engine was used regularly in passenger service
> this was something added to those loco's. 319 was
> used quite a bit in the 30's as a passenger engine
> between Gunnison and Montrose.
>
> William
> aka drgwk37

William and Dave,
A Firehose attached to resident Switchers not passenger service loco's, note the 3-coupler pockets on the front of #319 there at Salida, #278 also had it there in when it filled in as a switcher [digital.denverlibrary.org]



Even 474 had one up in C.B.
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