tree68 Opening up the cylinder_cocks is amazingly effective...
Opening up the cylinder_cocks is amazingly effective...
One word: Blowdown.
(Go big or go home!)
Greetings from Alberta
-an Articulate Malcontent
Blowdown could scald innocent people.
Semper Vaporo
Pkgs.
So do it a few hundred feet from the photographer line. I guarantee it'll scare 'em off!
SD70Dude So do it a few hundred feet from the photographer line. I guarantee it'll scare 'em off!
Sorry, I have video of the IAIS steam locos being turned on the Wye south of the Amanas on their inagural run a few years ago. The lead loco engineer put on quite a show with lots of steam belching out everywhere, including steam cleaning a bush (blow down) a hundred feet from the photo line as it pulled onto the main. The cylinder cocks were open the whole time and they also steam cleaned the socks of a few people that were holding CHILDREN close to the tracks. One fellow with a 1 or 2 year old did a bit of a dance as he turned to get away.
Semper Vaporo SD70Dude So do it a few hundred feet from the photographer line. I guarantee it'll scare 'em off! Sorry, I have video of the IAIS steam locos being turned on the Wye south of the Amanas on their inagural run a few years ago. The lead loco engineer put on quite a show with lots of steam belching out everywhere, including steam cleaning a bush (blow down) a hundred feet from the photo line as it pulled onto the main. The cylinder cocks were open the whole time and they also steam cleaned the socks of a few people that were holding CHILDREN close to the tracks. One fellow with a 1 or 2 year old did a bit of a dance as he turned to get away.
Sigh. I should have learned by now to never misunderestimate the stupidity of people.
At least the parents were holding their kids instead of letting them run onto the track.
I just uploaded the video to Vimeo dot com:
https://vimeo.com/378470360
The video starts with the train going west, past the Wye at the Amanas (Iowa). It backs into the west leg of the wye and then exits out the east leg. It is there that the crowd get the show and free steam cleaning. I had my radio scanner in the same hand as the video camera so you can hear the radio chatter. It is a long video (over 10 minutes) but I did a lot of editing to remove the really (REALLY) boring parts! The bush gets cleaned at about 8:40-8:45 and the socks are washed at around 9:12.
SD70DudeAt least the parents were holding their kids instead of letting them run onto the track
Or stand on their feet ... head to toe in the steam plume.
zardoz While all of the FRN's in this video are candidates for an award, the imbicile shown at the 0:25 mark wins.
While all of the FRN's in this video are candidates for an award, the imbicile shown at the 0:25 mark wins.
That video was scary to watch! And to me, it made it disappointed and annoyed that people are that stupid and careless, near railroad tracks. And that they aren't paying better attention, to look for oncoming trains at all times! I guess you can't fix stupid in some limited cases, sigh. :(
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