i found this pic on www.trainiax.com and cant figure whats sticking to the radiator grilles. it looks like leaves, but i cant really tell.
thanks
GEARHEAD426
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That would be my guess also. I’ve even seen sheets of newspaper and cardboard stuck to them. The fan probably has a pretty good suction capability to keep things cool.
It’s my toupe’
Looks to be fall, based on the trees in the background - I’ll vote for leaves, too.
In answer to your other question
because that sounds stupid! [:p]
I would vote for leaves. Them older GEs can suck the ties from under the rails.
heh heh heh heh. “veteran” railfan has false hair sucked off, hairpeice enters prime mover, locomotive explodes. (next hair transplant comercial?)lol.
i wouldnt have thought that those radatiors would have enough force to pick up leaves and stuff.
GEARHEAD426
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BTW, trainboy, i really dont see how the word “eleven” even remotely relates to the number One.
12= twotey-one
13= threetey-one…[:o)][:)]
Firstly…
They are leaves… I’ve seen it first hand…
http://photos.nerail.org/showpic/?2004102217480419083.jpg
http://photos.nerail.org/showpic/?2004111617410827570.jpg
Second, 12=twelve, 13=thirteen, not that stuff you wrote.
Our numbers come from the Arabic system. The origin of words is called etymology:
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=eleven&searchmode=none
A less technical explanation here:
Well, the fan IS about 8 feet around…
I guarantee the stuff sticking to the radiator grill is leaves. I have very frequently seen this, especially with GE units and most often on U-Boat models.
Well, not off the ground! But when a train traverses a leaf-lined r-o-w at speed, there’s enough air movement to pick the leaves up into the air, and then the fans suck them to the grilles.
twotey-one would be 21 twenty-one
threetey-one would be 31 thirty-one
Using your Onety-one argument, 12 would be onety-two, 13 would be onety-three, et al. But that sounds too much like twenty-two, twenty-three, etc. so eleven, twelve, thirteen works just fine.
BTW, German numbers are interesting. Their word for 21 (einundzwanzig) is literally translated “one and twenty”…
The train appears to have been running through the country. If it had been running through an urban area,those would be fast food wrappers stuck to the grill instead.[;)]
I yeah vote for leaves to unless it might be some ones toupe [:D][:D][:D]