John West Wrote:
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> Just to change the subject a bit, where was the
> "Skelgas" for the stoves stored on the parlor
> cars? But getting back to the tool boxes, I
> suspect the coaches had coal in one of them for
> the "emergency" stoves, and the other box probably
> had the usual assortment of air hoses, steam
> connections, maybe some brasses, extra electrical
> connectors, perhaps a rerailing frog, and Lord
> knows what else....the kind of stuff that can come
> in handy out in the middle of nowhere if there is
> a problem.
>
> JBWX
John,
Educated guess would be that the skelgas was in a 100# bottle in the locker over where one of the step traps used to be. Waukesha light plants under standard gauge cars used these 100# bottles to power their propane powered generators and stoves.
Steve