Nostalgia & History > Topside View of an SP Torpedo Boat

An unidentified SP 3000 class Torpedo Boat in charge of Commute 149, rolling westbound (to SF) under Taylor St overpass near College Park. Interesting view of the "torpedoes".  JR Benedict photos. Used with permission.

Enjoy.

Walter
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Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 05/05/15 06:50 by drumwrencher.

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Neat!

Marty Bernard

MartyBernard Wrote:
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> Neat!
>
> Marty Bernard

Thanks, Marty. Coming from a man with a zillion great photos, that means a lot!

Walter

Are there any locomotive engineers on this site who ran these? If so, where were the spitter valves located on these reservoirs? Or, was there another means of draining the condensation such as angle cocks? Thanks........

anyone know the reason for the stars on the tanks?? TIA dave, out.

davebb71 Wrote:
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> anyone know the reason for the stars on the
> tanks?? TIA dave, out.

The stars indicate that the tanks have been "drilled" which eliminated the hammer and hydro annual test/

Howard

CSX_ENG Wrote:
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> Are there any locomotive engineers on this
> site who ran these? If so, where were the spitter
> valves located on these reservoirs? Or, was there
> another means of draining the condensation such as
> angle cocks? Thanks........

The spitter valves are mounted on the forward end of each of the water tanks.  Inside the hood, under each pair of tanks, is a small catch tank to which the spitter valves are attached.

Howard

Is that a popoff valve at the far end atop the left tank?

rrman6 Wrote:
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> Is that a popoff valve at the far end atop the
> left tank?
No, it is just a pipe plug.  There is a 15 pound cooling system vent valve at the far end of the hood, to the right of the red light.

Howard



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/05/15 16:15 by sp5623.

Sincere thanks for posting this as I've been trying to get a good overhead/roof good photo of ANY GP so equipped  for quite awhile without much success,
even better SP 's version is one of the finalists in my "What version should I finish this Red-Caboose GP-9 kit in?" contest,
These are GREAT!!!
Thanks again
Pete

You're welcome, my friend! Please post a pic when she's finished...

Walter

Atlpete Wrote:
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> Sincere thanks for posting this as I've been
> trying to get a good overhead/roof good photo of
> ANY GP so equipped  for quite awhile without much
> success,
> even better SP 's version is one of the finalists
> in my "What version should I finish this
> Red-Caboose GP-9 kit in?" contest,
> These are GREAT!!!
> Thanks again
> Pete

Hopefully, some of the detail photos on the SP5623 web site might be of help to you too.
http://www.trainweb.org/sp5623/details.htm

Howard