[modeleng] Re: Kirklees Light Railway - Boiler Incident
- From: Warren Weisman <weiswar@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 00:41:11 -0700 (PDT)
The
driver called for assistance but the crew did not remove the fire from the
firebox (a
process known as dropping the fire) until after the responsible officer in
charge of
the railway had arrived.
by the sound of that, it sounds like they actually shoveled the coal out of the
firebox onto the rails.
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From: Terry Lane <tel.47@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 12:14 AM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Kirklees Light Railway - Boiler Incident
By dropping the grate, perhaps"
On 14/03/2012 5:50 PM, Warren Weisman wrote:
> That's interesting. I wonder how one puts a coal fire out? Warren
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Peter Beevers<peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 11:27 PM
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Kirklees Light Railway - Boiler Incident
>
> Jesse,
>
> Yes, on this line the driver is also the fireman.
>
> Peter Beevers
>
> On Mar 13 2012, Jesse Livingston wrote:
>
> Alan,
>
> On the Kirklees report, I never saw any mention of there being a fireman in
> the cab with the engineer. Did the engineer's duty include tending to the
> boiler as well as operating the locomotive?
>
> Jesse the inquisitive one in Troy, Tennessee
>
>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 1:01 PM
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Kirklees Light Railway - Boiler Incident
>
>
>
>> I thought that the first lesson was to watch the water level.
>>
>> I know that on the "old" railways, it is listed as the firemans main duty.
>>
>> Alan
>>
>> On 13/03/2012 14:23, Peter Sheppard wrote:
>>
>>> Report on the boiler incident released today.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/120313_R042012_Kirklees.pdf
>>> [1]
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Peter
>>>
>>> Links: ------ [1]
>>> http://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/120313_R042012_Kirklees.pdf
>>>
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