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Re: City Rock.. Bay Area SP old heads needed for Q
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 04-20-2016 - 17:35
Dr Zarkoff Wrote:
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> I left BS in mid-1974, and the City Rock didn't
> run much longer afterwards as a separate train.
> Not sure when it got merged with the
> EPT/BS/whatever turn. Worked a couple of EPTs out
> of pool 2 after 1974, with 2700s (re-numbered
> 1400s) but don't recall how much rock was in the
> trains. I figured out later that I goofed a
> leakage test with that 2700 because its DS-24
> brake valve had the WABCo pressure maintaining
> feature, which used a separate cut-out cock for
> checking BP leakage rather than a brake valve
> handle position like the SP's modification.
The 2742/1442 still had a Rotair valve inside the back of the control stand, which stumped more than one hoghead when trying to change ends. It was also the last of the three SD7s on the Coast with a Mars WR-816 signal light.
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> I left BS in mid-1974, and the City Rock didn't
> run much longer afterwards as a separate train.
> Not sure when it got merged with the
> EPT/BS/whatever turn. Worked a couple of EPTs out
> of pool 2 after 1974, with 2700s (re-numbered
> 1400s) but don't recall how much rock was in the
> trains. I figured out later that I goofed a
> leakage test with that 2700 because its DS-24
> brake valve had the WABCo pressure maintaining
> feature, which used a separate cut-out cock for
> checking BP leakage rather than a brake valve
> handle position like the SP's modification.
The 2742/1442 still had a Rotair valve inside the back of the control stand, which stumped more than one hoghead when trying to change ends. It was also the last of the three SD7s on the Coast with a Mars WR-816 signal light.
