February 22, 2018 06:18AM
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Despite all of the silliness of the debate over the fake diamond stacks, two things are true. First, it doesn't matter if you liked them or not. They were there and are woven into the history of Colorado narrow gauge. Second, they were unexpectedly the best and most effective cinder catchers ever used on the branch until, perhaps, the D&S came up the water cooling system. Since the actual purpose of a diamond stack was to be a spark arrestor, and it turned out that the "fake" stacks actually did do that, they really weren't fake at all.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/22/2018 06:25AM by Mike Trent.
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