Steam & Excursion > Some Railfan Humor For A Not So Funny Roundhouse Situation!

An early railfan publication in August, 1939 had some fun with the predicament of Northern Pacific's 0-6-0 #1207 at the Auburn, Washington roundhouse.  Al Farrow was on hand to record the aftermath on film.

Martin



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/20/21 06:58 by LoggerHogger.

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That had to be pretty hard on the drawbar.

And, it broke te water hose from the tender.  Probably some other damage too!  Amazing they could get the TT back in service in that short a time, using only hand tools.

NP steam roster shows 1207 was a class Y-3 2-8-0 built by Schenectady in 1901, scrapped at Tacoma in 1954.

-LD



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/20/21 07:23 by LarryDoyle.

Looks like it missed hitting the turntable.

There is probably not a turntable in the country that did not have this happen to it.  Leaky throttles most normally the villain.  By the way, diesels were not immune to dropping in the pit too.

How do you kill a coal fire quickly if you think the crown and back sheets are dry?

Elesco Wrote:
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> How do you kill a coal fire quickly if you think
> the crown and back sheets are dry?

Dump the entire fire into the ashpan.

That raises a couple intersting questions really. If all the water runs forward and uncovers the crownsheet, wouldn't the fusible plugs let go and the boiler kill its own fire? If the water bares the crownsheet and doesn't run back over it, then the fire just wastes the crownsheet if the heat is intense enough, wouldn't it? I suppose if the locomotive were just sitting with a spot fire then rolling into the pit did all the damamge..

Cheers, Dave

Hillcrest Wrote:
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> That raises a couple intersting questions really.
> If all the water runs forward and uncovers the
> crownsheet, wouldn't the fusible plugs let go and
> the boiler kill its own fire? If the water bares
> the crownsheet and doesn't run back over it, then
> the fire just wastes the crownsheet if the heat is
> intense enough, wouldn't it? I suppose if the
> locomotive were just sitting with a spot fire then
> rolling into the pit did all the damamge..
>
> Cheers, Dave

Considering that it probably had a "banked" fire already there probably wasn't that much damage to the firebox from the fire.
Now the drop into the turntable pit, that's a different story!

Hillcrest Wrote:
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> That raises a couple intersting questions really.
> If all the water runs forward and uncovers the
> crownsheet, wouldn't the fusible plugs let go and
> the boiler kill its own fire? If the water bares
> the crownsheet and doesn't run back over it, then
> the fire just wastes the crownsheet if the heat is
> intense enough, wouldn't it? I suppose if the
> locomotive were just sitting with a spot fire then
> rolling into the pit did all the damamge..
>
> Cheers, Dave

Whatever fire was on the grate would'a got thrown into a deep heap against the throat sheet with little to no draft, and the rear 2/3 of the grate was bare, allowing lots of cold air into the firebox.  And, it's downhill to the stack - even if the blower had been on, there's too much cold air commin' in the grate to cause any worry 'bout overheating the crown sheet.

May have been 'cause of a leaky throttle.  Or, may be the hostler lifted water while easing up to the pit, trying to save himself those last few steps before aligning the table.

-LD