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Earl

April 12, 2014 05:31AM

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WilliamDiehl Wrote:
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> Casey Akin Wrote:
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> > What is the "appliance" that runs up the smoke
> box
> > and to the stack? Is this a form of stack
> > mister?
> >
> > Casey
>
> Air Compressor Exhaust....

Yes, 487 was the only one with that feature. It was put on in the 1960's. No one seems to know why. There is a bracket on the smoke box to hold the pipe and a "T" in the exhaust pipe under the running board.

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487 in 1970	rod5nz	April 10, 2014 11:41PM
Re: 487 in 1970	Earl	April 11, 2014 07:32AM
Re: 487 in 1970	drgwk37	April 11, 2014 08:02AM
Re: 487 in 1970	Casey Akin	April 11, 2014 03:56PM
Re: 487 in 1970	Chris Walker	April 11, 2014 04:42PM
Re: 487 in 1970	drgwk37	April 11, 2014 07:39PM
Re: 487 in 1970	WilliamDiehl	April 11, 2014 05:41PM
Re: 487 in 1970	Earl	April 12, 2014 05:31AM
Re: 487 in 1970	drgwk37	April 12, 2014 08:16AM
Re: 487 in 1970	Earl	April 13, 2014 08:27PM
Re: 487 in 1970	drgwk37	April 14, 2014 11:00AM

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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter

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