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Russ489

October 15, 2018 10:36PM

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This closet appears to hold the tools used in setting pop valves and performing hydrotests on the various locomotives. The tubes bent into a circle are gauge siphons. They protect the gauge when connected to steam by condensing water in the lower part of the loop and keeping live steam away from the gauge. The tools in the bottom of the picture with the "T" handles on them are pop valve gags. They are used to hold a safety valve closed during hydrotests and may also be used to keep the lower pressure valves from opening while the high pressure valves are set.

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NNG: Steam Railroading in the Fall season... New Pictures Posted	Mike	October 12, 2018 09:25AM
Re: NNG: Steam Railroading in the Fall season...	Earl	October 12, 2018 10:02AM
Re: NNG: Steam Railroading in the Fall season...	Mike	October 12, 2018 10:31AM
Re: NNG: Steam Railroading in the Fall season...	Chris Walker	October 12, 2018 05:54PM
Re: NNG: Steam Railroading in the Fall season...	Russ489	October 15, 2018 10:36PM
Re: NNG: Steam Railroading in the Fall season...	Mike	October 18, 2018 07:33PM
Re: NNG: Steam Railroading in the Fall season...	Chris Walker	October 20, 2018 04:24PM
Re: NNG: Steam Railroading in the Fall season...	Mike	October 12, 2018 10:30AM
Re: NNG: Steam Railroading in the Fall season...	Mike	October 12, 2018 10:40AM
Re: NNG: Steam Railroading in the Fall season...	Mike	October 12, 2018 10:50AM
Re: NNG: Steam Railroading in the Fall season...	ozinoz	October 12, 2018 11:43PM
Re: NNG: Steam Railroading in the Fall season...	Glenn Butcher	October 12, 2018 06:31PM
Re: NNG: Steam Railroading in the Fall season: Reading and Northern Style	Mike	October 15, 2018 05:28AM
Re: NNG: Steam Railroading in the Fall season: Reading and Northern Style	Greg Scholl	October 15, 2018 02:58PM
Re: NNG: Steam Railroading in the Fall season: Reading and Northern Style	Mike	October 18, 2018 07:36PM
Re: NNG: Steam Railroading in the Fall season: Reading and Northern Style	Greg Scholl	October 20, 2018 04:32PM
Re: NNG: Steam Railroading in the Fall season: Reading and Northern Style	Mike	October 20, 2018 05:03PM
Re: NNG: Steam Railroading in the Fall season: Reading and Northern Style	Mike	October 20, 2018 01:41PM
Re: NNG: Steam Railroading in the Fall season: Reading and Northern Style	Greg Scholl	October 21, 2018 08:08AM
Re: NNG: Steam Railroading in the Fall season: Reading and Northern Style	Mike	October 21, 2018 12:14PM
Re: NNG: Steam Railroading in the Fall season: Reading and Northern Style	Greg Scholl	October 21, 2018 02:38PM
Re: NNG: Steam Railroading in the Fall season... New Pictures Posted	Mike	October 27, 2018 05:36PM
Re: NNG: Steam Railroading in the Fall season... New Pictures Posted	Mike	October 27, 2018 05:51PM
Re: NNG: Steam Railroading in the Fall season... New Pictures Posted	Mike	October 27, 2018 06:46PM
Re: NNG: Steam Railroading in the Fall season... New Pictures Posted	John Meixel	October 28, 2018 11:17AM

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