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hank

May 06, 2019 08:59AM

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All the fuss about the leaking packing in Up's Big Boy brings to my (admittedly strange) mind the story told by to Morris Cafky by one CM engineer of how he made time on train #3 to Leadville up Ute Pass with the infamous 200's when they were still compounds. Seems the packing leaked so bad that he couldn't see anyway so he'd get down on the deck and help fire as they went up the 4%!
(Colorado Midland by Cafky, pg 223. Story by Jack Hickman)
Imagine the reaction to that in today's world! Heck, imagine the reaction back then if the bosses had found out.

hank

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Leaking packing, CM story, NNG	hank	May 06, 2019 08:59AM
Re: Leaking packing, CM story, NNG	Earl	May 06, 2019 04:06PM
Re: Leaking packing, CM story, NNG	Brett Wiebold	May 06, 2019 04:18PM
Re: Leaking packing, CM story, NNG	Dan Robirds	May 06, 2019 05:58PM
Re: Leaking packing, CM story, NNG	Russo Loco	May 19, 2019 01:04PM
Re: Leaking packing, CM story, NNG	Everett Lueck	May 20, 2019 08:14AM
Re: Leaking packing, CM story, NNG	Kelly Anderson	May 06, 2019 06:42PM
Do ANY survive?	John K	May 06, 2019 07:11PM
Re: Surviving Vauclain Compounds	Olaf Rasmussen	May 06, 2019 08:04PM
Re: Surviving Vauclain Compounds	Brian Norden	May 06, 2019 08:16PM
Re: Surviving Vauclain Compounds	Olaf Rasmussen	May 06, 2019 09:58PM
Re: Leaking packing, CM story, NNG	Brett Wiebold	May 06, 2019 08:33PM
Re: Leaking packing, CM story, NNG	Jeff Taylor	May 06, 2019 09:11PM
Re: Leaking packing, CM story, NNG	hank	May 07, 2019 08:39AM
Re: Leaking packing, CM story, NNG	Dave Peterson	May 07, 2019 09:15AM
Re: Leaking packing, CM story, NNG	Everett Lueck	May 16, 2019 09:14AM

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