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Re: Railroad - rail torpedos
Author: Craig Tambo
Date: 11-21-2009 - 12:33

I'm sending Jim an email, but I thought others might be interested--
I found a picture of the torpedo he described on page 103 of the book, "The Railroad Caboose" by William Knapke. Apparently, this design dates from 1874. I would strongly caution anyone encountering a torpedo to be extremely careful (better yet, avoid them completely) because they hold considerable explosive potential, and old ones might be quite unstable. I remember a TV talk show years ago that had a guest who had become a successful private investigator despite losing BOTH hands as a child due to playing with some torpedoes he found.

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  Railroad - rail torpedos Jim Slattery 11-21-2009 - 11:44
  Re: Railroad - rail torpedos Craig Tambo 11-21-2009 - 12:33
  Re: Railroad - rail torpedos ff 11-21-2009 - 17:15
  Re: Railroad - rail torpedos Blow stuff up! 11-21-2009 - 18:28
  Re: Railroad - rail torpedos Lock and Load 11-21-2009 - 18:32
  Re: Railroad - rail torpedos KaBoom 11-21-2009 - 19:38
  Re: Railroad - rail torpedos Matt Farnsworth 11-22-2009 - 14:27
  Re: Railroad - rail torpedos utoob 11-22-2009 - 23:11
  How insightful! ADA compliant 11-22-2009 - 23:18
  Re: Railroad - rail torpedos Matt Farnsworth 11-23-2009 - 08:59
  Rail torpedos, An Explosive Story Alan C. Miller (did it myself) 11-23-2009 - 15:15
  Re: Rail torpedos, An Explosive Story George Andrews 11-23-2009 - 19:14
  Re: Rail torpedos, An Explosive Story been there, done that 11-23-2009 - 22:04


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