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It is a website. Over time, man has developed short attention spans. We no longer have the ability to stay on topic for very long. As to your question, Moe is spelled M O E.
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Steve: Made me LOL!Steve Bratina wrote: ↑Fri Nov 09, 2018 9:05 am It is a website. Over time, man has developed short attention spans. We no longer have the ability to stay on topic for very long. As to your question, Moe is spelled M O E.
So true.
Thanks. I'm guilty.
~RN
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hey moe, nyuck nyuck nyuck
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Seems like the rear tube sheet shot forward, carrying the tubes and flues with it?
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because it can?????
perhaps better than going to the rear (from an engineer's standpoint)….
This has migrated to what it is...perhaps to support the concept of 'you can never have too many ways to put water in a boiler'.....
perhaps better than going to the rear (from an engineer's standpoint)….
This has migrated to what it is...perhaps to support the concept of 'you can never have too many ways to put water in a boiler'.....
Too many things going on to bother listing them.
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It's super heater tubes blown out of the boiler after a failure at the firebox end. Locomotive was C&O 2-10-4 3020. 1948 near Chillicothe OH I believe.Kimball McGinley wrote: ↑Fri Nov 09, 2018 1:29 pm Seems like the rear tube sheet shot forward, carrying the tubes and flues with it?
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I have one of these . They don't work. Don't waist your time.
ALLWAYS OPERATING MY TRAIN IN A SAFE MANNER USING AUTOMATIC AIR BRAKES
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BTW it is a $1600.00 decoration.
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Regarding a comment about VanBrocklin's pumps, most had the external rods operating the valve with cross drilled ports to run the opposite cylinder. Bill did also make duplex pumps with the overhead shuttle valves and no external gear.