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Earl

September 11, 2014 02:01PM

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Jim McKee Wrote:
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> The safety valves appeared to be open during the
> entire clip. What's with that?

The safety valve is not open all the way, it's just feathering rather badly. This is caused by a worn blow down ring in the valve that allows the valve to creep open a bit releasing a "feather" of steam. It also shows that 489 is being kept hot right against the safety valve.

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C&TSRR - Above Dalton	Roger Hogan	September 11, 2014 09:26AM
Re: C&TSRR - Above Dalton	dougvv	September 11, 2014 10:05AM
Re: C&TSRR - Above Dalton	Jim McKee	September 11, 2014 11:00AM
Re: C&TSRR - Above Dalton	Earl	September 11, 2014 02:01PM
Re: C&TSRR - Above Dalton	Roger Hogan	September 11, 2014 08:06PM
Re: C&TSRR - Above Dalton	Roger Hogan	September 11, 2014 06:56PM
Re: C&TSRR - Above Dalton	Tomstp	September 11, 2014 04:12PM
Re: C&TSRR - Above Dalton	Roger Hogan	September 11, 2014 08:07PM

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