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

Russo Loco Wrote:
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> > rehunn Wrote:
> > ========================================
> > > And did he leave with the {cylinder} cocks
> > > shut?   Oh well, it's just a movie.
> >
> Russo Loco Replied:
> > ========================================
> > ... 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.


Yes I cut out some.