Re: Cumbres Pass Water Stop / Cylinder Cocks ...

> rehunn Wrote:
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> > And did he leave with the {cylinder} cocks
> > shut?   Oh well, it's just a movie.
>
Russo Loco Replied:
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> ... And movies never lie, right?   As noted
> above, it's the E/F school train, and possibly
> a student overlooked something ...   I am
> 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.
>
> 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 ...

> And Roger Hogan Replied:
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> ¿¿¿ Did the guy doing the editing cut out some
> of the water filling ???


¿What guy?   ¿¿YOU, Roger??

If so, the stop was even longer than shown by your video and IMHO it was even more important that the cylinder cocks be open upon departure ...    

- Rússo

p.s. I did re-watch both Volume Two (Running a Passenger Locomotive) and The Supplement thereto with more of the interview with Neil Vodden and John Teshara, and while Neil did not explicitly state that he always opened the cylinder cocks when stopped he did spend a couple of minutes explaining why it was important to have them opened when starting.  In the third section of Volume Two, featuring U.P. #844, Steve Lee also emphasized the importance of having the cylinder cocks open to avoid damage by water condensed in the cylinders.