http://www.csx-sucks.com/pictures/?6117.jpg
Gabe
For Sale: Used Traction Motors CHEAP. [;)]
Woops.
Husband: NOW the @#&*%^$THING WON’T START!
Wife: Why?
Husband: Because its’ Flooded!!![:D]
Maybe some of the crews should have mandatory swiming lessons.
That’s funny - well, maybe not to them!
row row row your train???
stay safe
Joe
and they all laughed when the old roundhouse boss told em’ to keep a steamer around…“You’ll need it when the old river goes” he would say. But they knew better. Oh, yes, they new better.
CUT now to scene in a cramped telephone booth…“Say, __________(steam museum of your choice) mind if we borrow your 4-8-4 for some river excursions?”
Speaking of Railman’s post, has anyone seen pictures of CB&Q’s steam engine they reactivated briefly during the 60s to deal with flooding problems? It was pretty neat.
Gabe
that was one thing that steamers had over diesels- as long as the boiler/ fuel was dry, they could pull cars out of harms way, and look really cool in the process.
Can someone post a link to some of those pictures? (steam running in floods…)
This is the first I have ever heard of this, pretty cool.
The only thing I remember about it is that I read it during the major Mississippi flooding of 1993. Which almost certainly means that it was a Trains Magazine article.
I think the article had a really cool picture of the steam locomotive forging a river, the caption where was CB&Q #XXXX for the floods of 93 (or something to that effect), and then a brief explanation of how the process worked.
Sorry I can’t be of more help. I can’t say I need the internet link though, because it was a picture that I shall never forget.
Gabe
Doesn’t a steam engine pull in combustion air somewhere near the bottom of the firebox? Sure it doesn’t have traction motors, but just as there is a draft blowing steam entrained with smokebox gasses out the chimney, there has to be makeup air going into the firebox to burn the coal. My guess is that a steamer could go through water that would short out traction motors, but not that much water as shown in the picture.
Ok, so it got it’s feet wet. Give it a couple of weeks to dry out and it’ll be good as new. NO PROBLEM !!! LOL
I can’t believe there is actually a site called CSX sucks.com
This site is about a flood, and only has one RR picture, but you can see that the loco is in motion.
Wow, that sure would mess up the plain-bearings on that box car. [:0]
"All engines ahead one third, indicate 25 rpm for 5 knots. "
That csxsucks.com is pretty funny
I like this pic http://www.csx-sucks.com/pictures/?fire2.jpg
Adrianspeeder
That was a good site Larry.
Kind of reminds me of all the pictures I’ve seen of Louisville,Henderson,and
several other cities on the Ohio River during the 1937 flood.