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Les Clark

March 14, 2003 07:26PM

Earl:
Having been a fireman on the UP during the steam days, we were taught to always use the try cocks as a check on the engineer's water glass. To me it always seemed effective in that it would properly show consideable reaction in the water glass when cocks were opened. This then could be used to verify the response of the glass reading and to prove the accuracy of the fireman's glass by comparison. But to use try cocks as the sole method of determining boiler water level would be downright scary to me.
Les Clark

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Parts of a locomotive I need some help with...	John Hillier	March 07, 2003 11:03PM
Re: Parts of a locomotive I need some help with...	Rick Steele	March 08, 2003 07:26AM
Re: Parts of a locomotive I need some help with...	Bob Keller	March 08, 2003 08:14AM
Re: Parts of a locomotive I need some help with...	Richard Braden	March 11, 2003 03:14AM
My method	El Coke	March 11, 2003 09:34PM
Re: My method	Mike	March 11, 2003 11:00PM
Re: dealing with funky trains and back-pedaling	Earl	March 12, 2003 08:11PM
Re: Parts of a locomotive I need some help with...	Robby Peartree	March 08, 2003 08:53AM
Re: Parts of a locomotive I need some help with...	DvV	March 08, 2003 09:17AM
Tri Cocks and boiler code..	Robby Peartree	March 08, 2003 09:23AM
Re: Parts of a locomotive I need some help with...	Mike Trent	March 08, 2003 09:52AM
Re: Parts of a locomotive I need some help with...	Richard Braden	March 09, 2003 01:48AM
also..........	earl	March 10, 2003 08:44AM
Re: also..........	Richard Braden	March 12, 2003 12:45AM
Re: also..........	Chile John	March 12, 2003 08:35AM
Re: also..........	Casey Carlson	March 12, 2003 09:07AM
Number of Water Glasses and Testing	Robby Peartree	March 12, 2003 09:48AM
Sorry Wrong Web address	Robby Peartree	March 12, 2003 02:19PM
Re: also..........	Earl Pitts	March 13, 2003 05:17PM
Re: also..........	Les Clark	March 14, 2003 07:26PM
Thanks, Rich	Mike Trent	March 10, 2003 08:50PM
Re: Thanks, Rich	Richard Braden	March 11, 2003 01:13AM
Re: Thanks, Rich	Mike Trent	March 11, 2003 06:41AM
Re: Thanks, Rich	Richard Braden	March 11, 2003 08:42PM
Re: Thanks, Rich	Richard Braden	March 12, 2003 12:30AM

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