[SEL] Locomotive stacks...litigation.

[peter ogborne]

The way things are now days Bruce you may have a case for litigation, even a 
new vehicle!But of course we of the SEL would not pursue that course.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Younger" <byounger at ci.lenexa.ks.us>
To: <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 3:43 AM
Subject: [SEL] Locomotive stacks


> "I've heard that different stacks (on the locomotives) were used,
> depending
> on what type of fuel was used..wood vs. coal.  Draft plus it helped
> quench
> the sparks.
>
> RickinMt."
>
> Right on, Rick. The wood-burners used the diamond-shaped stacks, and the
> coal burners the straight stacks. If you get a close look at a diamond
> stack, they are usually hinged, bolted, or  banded at the wide point.
> There is a screen in there to act as a spark arrestor, and the stack can
> be opened to service it.
>
> Unfortunately, the Avery underslung that passed us while we sat in my
> new pickup watching the parade two weeks ago at Prairieland, did not
> have the spark arrestor.  The four of us had the doors open for breeze,
> and with the breeze we got sparks that put a couple of little burns on
> the seats and a purty good one on the plastic around the base of the
> seat.  Should have seen it coming, so to speak.
>
> Bruce Younger
> Lenexa, Kansas USA
> mailto:sluggo54 at hotmail.com
>
>
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