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Re: Fire Prevention Water Nozzles on Steam Locomotives
Author: Hot Water
Date: 09-03-2018 - 17:11
Dale Jones Wrote:
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> Thank you all.
>
> Ah-ah, I should have considered the rail cleaning
> option. Bonners Ferry is at the bottom of a grade
> both east and west, so that makes sense - perhaps
> there was a dual purpose as there was a 10/15mph
> speed limit on the trestle and as it was all wood
> and nearly 50-years old at the time of the
> photograph - justifiably the railroad would have
> been cautious of wheel sparks and the potential
> fire danger.
>
> Talk to ya later,
> Dale Jones
No! Nothing to do with "wheel sparks", which I've never heard of such a thing anyway. They were strictly for cleaning the rail head, i.e. "rail washers", simple as that.
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> Thank you all.
>
> Ah-ah, I should have considered the rail cleaning
> option. Bonners Ferry is at the bottom of a grade
> both east and west, so that makes sense - perhaps
> there was a dual purpose as there was a 10/15mph
> speed limit on the trestle and as it was all wood
> and nearly 50-years old at the time of the
> photograph - justifiably the railroad would have
> been cautious of wheel sparks and the potential
> fire danger.
>
> Talk to ya later,
> Dale Jones
No! Nothing to do with "wheel sparks", which I've never heard of such a thing anyway. They were strictly for cleaning the rail head, i.e. "rail washers", simple as that.
