Western Railroad Discussion > Who is that at the door, dear??

Did I hear someone at the door, dear? TIOGA PASS gets some unidentified visitors. Maybe its the neighborhood?

TIOGA PASS

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"Looks like that Canadian is about to bite and latch on" wisdom from my 5 year old little cousin on my lap!

That BN unit kind of has a smiley face.

And even more visitors at TIOGA PASS' door....The last shot was rushed because my fingers froze - it was 9 degrees below!!

Norm

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MarcelineSub Wrote:
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> "Looks like that Canadian is about to bite and
> latch on"!

Love it!!
And I'd much rather take that smiling BN units over the tank pointing in!

Why is my ex-wife's transportation sitting on the front end of that CP unit?

Will MacKenzie
Dundas, ON

thehighwayman Wrote:

> Why is my ex-wife's transportation sitting on the
> front end of that CP unit?

So THAT'S the gal flying around the broom factory on the goofy TV commercial...

;^)

santafe199 Wrote:
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> thehighwayman Wrote:
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> > Why is my ex-wife's transportation sitting on
> the
> > front end of that CP unit?
>
> So THAT'S the gal flying around the broom factory
> on the goofy TV commercial...
>
> ;^)
Both responses bring a smile to my face on a gloomy, rainy Monday in the Bay Area, thanks!

Just the cold facts, Sir...

This was actually a warmer some trip than some. It was actually above freezing a couple of days as we crossed Canada back and forth. The all-time records for TIOGA PASS was filling the car with water at Chapleau, Ontario, in March, 2012, at 36 degrees below zero. The man who runs the boiler room and pump house there was standing in the early morning sunshine and said " What a fine day eh? It could warm up to zero today!"

TIOGA PASS

aronco Wrote:
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> This was actually a warmer some trip than some.
> It was actually above freezing a couple of days as
> we crossed Canada back and forth. The all-time
> records for TIOGA PASS was filling the car with
> water at Chapleau, Ontario, in March, 2012, at 36
> degrees below zero. The man who runs the boiler
> room and pump house there was standing in the
> early morning sunshine and said " What a fine day
> eh? It could warm up to zero today!"
>
> TIOGA PASS

So how do you keep the water in the tanks from freezing at those temps?? Did the original car have tank heaters or are they all internal to the heated car?

aronco Wrote:
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> And even more visitors at TIOGA PASS' door....The
> last shot was rushed because my fingers froze - it
> was 9 degrees below!!
>
> Norm

Take that second shot, convert to B&W and it could be the US Army on the way to the German front in Winter 1944-45.

Cumbresfan Wrote:
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> So how do you keep the water in the tanks from
> freezing at those temps?? Did the original car
> have tank heaters or are they all internal to the
> heated car?

Like everything else in the car, it's heated. Heat is provided by a 45 kw hot water system and piped throughout the car. There is a loop from the heater than runs down through the water tank enclosure. Any other exposed piping has electric heat tape on it to keep it from freezing. All of the water piping for the sinks and showers is run inside the car below the heat registers to prevent freeze-ups.

Just before the collision :)

Lee

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thehighwayman Wrote:
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> Why is my ex-wife's transportation sitting on the
> front end of that CP unit?

Witch ex-wife???

Bryce Lee