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FT Demonstrators On Passenger Trains?
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rrandb's argument about the pilots presumes that only a metal rotary joint steam fitting could have been used for the trainline. This isn't so. Flexible steam hoses have been used in industrial, railroad and marine applications for decades. Such lines were used on the 103 (as previously shown), on Milwaukee Road's FT#40, delivered in 1941 (see photo on p. 49 of the April 1975 MR), and on B&O's EA and its early E6s. None of these locomotives had access doors in their pilots for Barco rotary-joint fittings when delivered, but they sure were equipped with steam generators for train heating purposes. <br /> <br />The steam hoses and fittings were removable, not just for aesthetic reasons, but to prevent damage which might occur to them if left in place on a leading unit. <br /> <br />
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