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Earl

May 27, 2014 01:40PM

Registered: 16 years ago
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Nothing like working on a coal burner on a windy day with all the coal dust swirling around. No matter how much you'd wet down the coal, you end working in a cloud of black dust. When bucking a head wind, a 480's aerodynamics are such that the wind goes over the top of the cab and down into the coal pile swirls back and draws all the coal dust and smoke into the cab.

One the very few things I don't miss.

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315 High Desert and heavy wind	Roger Hogan	May 27, 2014 09:10AM
Re: 315 High Desert and heavy wind	Jon Bentz	May 27, 2014 09:24AM
Re: 315 High Desert and heavy wind	Roger Hogan	May 27, 2014 10:37AM
Re: 315 High Desert and heavy wind	Greg Scholl	May 27, 2014 10:30AM
Re: 315 High Desert and heavy wind	Roger Hogan	May 27, 2014 10:38AM
Re: 315 High Desert and heavy wind	rehunn	May 27, 2014 10:38AM
Re: 315 High Desert and heavy wind	Roger Hogan	May 27, 2014 05:27PM
Re: 315 High Desert and heavy wind	Earl	May 27, 2014 01:40PM
Re: 315 High Desert and heavy wind	Greg Scholl	May 27, 2014 01:51PM
Re: 315 High Desert and heavy wind	Roger Hogan	May 27, 2014 05:29PM
Re: 315 High Desert and heavy wind	Roger Hogan	May 27, 2014 05:28PM
Re: 315 High Desert and heavy wind	Ryan Masecar	May 27, 2014 03:41PM
Re: 315 High Desert and heavy wind	Roger Hogan	May 27, 2014 05:30PM
Re: 315 High Desert and heavy wind	Greg Scholl	May 28, 2014 07:18AM
Re: 315 High Desert and heavy wind	Roger Hogan	May 28, 2014 08:51AM
Re: 315 High Desert and heavy wind	Greg Scholl	May 28, 2014 09:59AM
Re: 315 High Desert and heavy wind	jim pallow	May 28, 2014 02:43PM
Re: 315 High Desert and heavy wind	Greg Scholl	May 28, 2014 02:53PM
Re: 315 High Desert and heavy wind	Rick Renz	May 29, 2014 11:17AM
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