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elecuyer

January 31, 2017 06:28PM

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Kevin's caption (which you have to click on the photo to see) explains it very well:
The crew of WW&F #9 conducts a slightly unorthodox procedure to steam-clean their engine's smokebox. Engineman Rick Sisson works the cleaning procedure on the smokebox, while Fireman J.B. Smith holds a large PVC pipe which directs the effluent away from the locomotive. The material exiting the pipe on the right is a combination of steam and a slurry of soot and cinders. The museum folks refer to the procedure as "sparking."

We joke that the locomotive is blowing its nose.

As far as the jacket - it is a representation of an American Rolled Iron jacket - which was worn by #9 its entire service life. We went through a great deal of research and expense to create it (funded in part by a grant from the National Railway Historical Society.) For all the details on the process, please see this report.

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Maine Two-Foot Winter Weekend -->Photo Album	KevinM	January 30, 2017 06:07PM
Re: Maine Two-Foot Winter Weekend -->Photo Album	narrowgaugejoe10	January 30, 2017 08:43PM
Re: Maine Two-Foot Winter Weekend -->Photo Album	Stewart Rhine	January 31, 2017 06:10AM
Re: Maine Two-Foot Winter Weekend -->Photo Album	Russo Loco	January 31, 2017 05:53PM
Re: Maine Two-Foot Winter Weekend -->Photo Album	elecuyer	January 31, 2017 06:28PM
Re: #9's 'Plannished Iron' Jacket . . .	Russo Loco	January 31, 2017 07:40PM
Re: #9's 'Plannished Iron' Jacket . . .	Dirk Ramsey	January 31, 2017 08:23PM
Re: #9's 'Plannished Iron' Jacket . . .	KevinM	January 31, 2017 08:25PM
Re: #9's 'Plannished Iron' Jacket . . .	narrowgaugejoe10	January 31, 2017 09:42PM
Re: #9's 'Plannished Iron' Jacket . . .	Stewart Rhine	February 01, 2017 06:49AM
Re: #9's 'Plannished Iron' Jacket . . .	KevinM	February 01, 2017 07:32AM
Re: #9's 'Plannished Iron' Jacket . . .	trainrider47	February 01, 2017 08:28AM
Re: The hazards of 'Plannished Iron' Jackets . . .	Russo Loco	February 01, 2017 07:05PM
Re: #9's 'Plannished Iron' Jacket . . .	Stewart Rhine	February 01, 2017 10:30AM

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