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Charlie McCandless

July 18, 2006 04:05PM

It was interesting how the locomotive was operated. There was no moving the Johnson Bar. It was left in the same notch.
The injector was operated while waiting for the highball. The water gauge appeared low but when the train started up the 3.96 percent grade by the enginehouse the gauge filled to near the top. Since all the water rushed to the back of the boiler a too-full boiler on the lowlands would cause the engine to prime going up the grade.
At the top about a 20-second blast on the injector made sure the crown sheet was covered going downhill.

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#40 Steam-up at the Colorado Railroad Museum LINK PIC	Jim Poston	July 16, 2006 07:58AM
Re: #40 Steam-up at the Colorado Railroad Museum	Charlie McCandless	July 16, 2006 02:18PM
Re: #40 Steam-up at the Colorado Railroad Museum	Charlie McCandless	July 18, 2006 04:05PM
Re: #40 Steam-up clarification	Charlie McCandless	July 18, 2006 06:41PM
Re: #40 Steam-up at the Colorado Railroad Museum	Herb Kelsey	July 20, 2006 12:03PM
Re: #40 Steam-up at the Colorado Railroad Museum	Charlie McCandless	July 20, 2006 02:18PM
Re: #40 Steam-up at the Colorado Railroad Museum	Herb Kelsey	July 20, 2006 06:41PM
Re: #40 Steam-up at the Colorado Railroad Museum	Charlie McCandless	July 20, 2006 07:57PM

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