[modeleng] Re: cabooses aka brake vans
- From: "Jeff D" <jeffdayman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:16:54 +0000
Hi Jesse,
You could take the torpedo to a local RR freight yard if there's one nearby.
They'll maybe put it on the track for you as a train goes by so you can
share the fun. Nowadays they will use the radio to tell the engineer to
ignore it - in the old days if an engineer heard one it meant STOP.
It would make a big bang if you hit it with a squirrel rifle though...
Cheers Jeff Dayman
>From: "Jesse Livingston" <fernj1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [modeleng] Re: cabooses aka brake vans
>Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 20:30:17 -0500
>
>If need be, the conductor could put on the brakes from the caboose. Had to
>be careful though and not brake too hard in a sharp curve. Also, if I
>remember correctly, the brakemen were reduced in number from one at the
>front of the train and one at the rear. These were mostly for protection
>in
>case the train made an unscheduled stop. Radios made them redundant of
>course and I think almost none are left.
>
>Mention was made of a torpedo yesterday. Just so happen that I have a live
>one in our den and I don't really know what to do with it. I suppose I
>could use it as a target for my .22 rifle. Should make quite a bang if hit
>squarely. I also have two fuzees (flares), but I have deactivated them by
>removing all the contents. I can see no way to deactivate the torpedo
>though other than to bury it deep, flush it into the septic tank or else
>use
>it as the aforementioned target for rifle practice.
>
>Jesse the redneck machinist.
>
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