Re: Narrow Gauge Toilet Paper, Part II

Jerry Day Wrote:
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> I was a photographer in the Air Force for 22
> years. I sometimes had to fly in the backseat of
> an Air Force fighter plane to shoot air-to-air
> photos. The planes are equipped with a relief tube
> for Number One, but you have to hold Number Two
> until you land. I learned not to eat a lot before
> a flight. An Air Force Colonel told me that a lot
> of pilots develop stomach problems because of
> holding it on long flights.
>
> Jerry Day
> Longmont, CO

Back in the 1980's I once got a cab ride on a mainline steamer that had an engineer who was used to running a coal burner. This guest engine on the railroad was an oil burner. I got my cab ride near the end of the day, and the engineer had said he had to hold it all day. Unlike his regular engine, there was no coal pile to use. On fantrips you are under a microscope all day with photographers, onlookers, etc. I heard in the steam era guys would use the shovel, and dispose of it in the firebox.
On NS diesels for a long time they were told they could use the diesel locomotive nose toilet, but each one had a plastic liner and you had to dispose of it. I think that changed in recent years.
Man this thread is really going down the old dumper isn't it?
Greg