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Re: Dallas train tunnel
Author: Negin
Date: 12-07-2019 - 13:45

Tom H Wrote:
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> Did they really use steam trains in the tunnel?
> Seems it would get pretty smoky in the enclosed
> space. Most cities that had these underground
> tunnels used electric power.


From the wiki: "Thirty-five to forty rail cars entered the tunnel each day, pulled by a "hot water bottle" locomotive. It was specially designed to prevent smoke in the main line and its six spurs in the tunnels by being charged with steam, which would last from four to five hours from a central, high pressure boiler under the office building."

Link: Santa Fe Terminal Complex

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