Re: Smoke Density Light - #610 in '76

Earl Wrote:
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> So the question we all want to see answered is:
> Did fireman Sperry find the Smoke Density Light
> on #610 useful?  Or did the smoke density level
> in his brain keep its features from penetrating?


As fireman Sperious carefully pointed out above,
> ". . . I'm not sure how much Doyle relied on the
> density light, but I sure didn't have the back-
> ground to make use of it at all.  Anyway, we
> got through the night without running out of
> steam . . . "

. . . just as, SEVERAL years later – and again under the careful supervision of a MUCH more experienced mentor – SL&RG #18 made it up to Fir with Sperious in the fireman's seat but without running out of steam.*   Oil's well that ends well . . .    

- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender

*  Of course this was during the day, so a density light was not involved — see [ngdiscussion.net].



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/05/2019 06:44PM by Russo Loco.