Re: CTSRR - Cumbres Pass

Russo Loco Wrote:
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> rehunn Wrote:
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> > Roger, as usual, excellent effort but I'm so
> > confused.  Like {just} 20 seconds of water?
>
>
> Speculation:  It's the E/F school train, so
> they probably didn't really need much water but
> wanted to allow
> the student engineer to spot the engine properly
> and the fireman to practice topping off the
> cistern.
>
> > And did he leave with the cocks shut?
> > Oh well, it's just a movie.
>
>
> ... And movies never lie, right?   As noted
> above, it's the E/F school train, and possibly a
> student overlooked something ...   I'm
> guessing that with a pause that brief that there
> wasn't enough condensation in the cylinders to
> cause a problem, but IMHO the cocks should have
> been open nevertheless.
>
> - Rússo
>
> p.s. IIRC, on the supplement to Volume Two of "How
> To Run a Steam Locomotive", Neil Vodden of the
> 2472 crew mentions always opening the cylinder
> cocks after stopping his train - but I may
> mis-remember this, so I'll dig out the video and
> report back in a couple of days ...


??? did the guy doing the editing cut out some of the water filling ???