Re: "Streamlined" D&S #481 ...

Johnson Barr Wrote:

>
>
> IMHO, perhaps both of you are mistaken -
>
> Given the skill and attention to detail we have
> come to expect from the D&S shop crew, it is
> almost certain that the steam dome
> cover was installed correctly.
>
> And given the miniscule reduction in wind
> resistance obtained by deliberately slanting the
> cover rearward, this is unlikely as well.
>
> The most obvious conclusion is that either
>   1. The locomotive's engineer exceeded the
> speed limit sufficiently to cause the resultant
> draft to blow the cover slightly back,  
> -or-            
>   2. An extremely strong wind related to the
> unusually heavy monsoon season this year blew the
> cover out of position while
>       the engine was parked
> outside the roundhouse.

Perhaps the locomotive was pushing a DeLorean and the crew was trying to reach 88 MPH and generate 1.21 gigawatts of electricity......