and he notes -
I believe it's a delivery pipe for spraying water on the roadbed to
keep the desert dust down. Notice the pipe connection and the spray
nozzles pointing at the rails. A poling pole would be made of wood
and would be hanging on the tender side. This gizmo is attached by
brackets to the tender frame. If I recall correctly Santa Fe
outfitted some of their locos with similar fittings.
Raleigh in Sunneigh Maineigh...
At 01:27 PM 7/10/2012, [email protected] wrote:
Probably was a "pole" for switching. Very dangerous to use, was
eventually outlawed. Note that "older" cars and tenders also had
round indented sockets on their corners, for the pole. Probably on
loco fronts as well.
Jim Lyle
In a message dated 7/10/2012 1:23:08 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
Hi:
I think that was a pole for tight switching moves.
William E. Laffan | Senior Associate Attorney
Rusty,
Noticed that behind the lead trucks is a tube with slots on each
side. Do you have any idea what it was used for, or is this a
subect for the SP Convention?
Bill
--- On Sun, 7/8/12, j.rustermier
<<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote:
From: j.rustermier <<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]>
Subject: {S-Scale List} SP tender photo link
To: <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]
Date: Sunday, July 8, 2012, 4:35 PM
the correct link to a photo, I think is:
<http://espee.railfan.net/sp_steam_mk-02.html>http://espee.railfan.net/sp_steam_mk-02.html
I'll never figure out this internet thing.
Rusty
