Model Railroading > How Not to roast peanuts!!!

My Southern Oregon Live Steamer buddy Skip Foley sent me this amusing story about his two-truck Shay, which he built from scratch.

Tony, I stored my Shay in the garage last winter. I brought into the shop to fix the cylinder cocks and then fired up the boiler. As it heated up it started to smoke, a lot. I thought it was just burning out the old steam oil and dirt so I didn’t think about it. When I shut down the boiler it continued to SMOKE and looking down stack a faint glow was visible. When it cooled down I open the smoke door and found a pile of smoking peanuts. A packrat decided my smokebox was a good place to store his peanuts and in my rubber boot.
 

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LOL!  Must have smelled a bit different than the usual smoke too.  :-)

 

ROFL, what a mess.

Andre

Great story!  Would not have happened with a spark arrestor screen over the stack. 

What is the purpose of the two brackets on the pilot beam?  Never seen those before?

What, you don't like roasted peanuts? <G>

Kimball Wrote:
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> Great story!  Would not have happened with a
> spark arrestor screen over the stack. 
>
> What is the purpose of the two brackets on the
> pilot beam?  Never seen those before?

I don't remeber what they are. I'll dig up a photo of his Shay and post it. - Tony

Hillarious story!  I'm wondering if the brackets are for lifting the locomotive?

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR

funnelfan Wrote:
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> Hillarious story!  I'm wondering if the brackets
> are for lifting the locomotive?

They are painted Red for Port and Green for Starboard!