Hi Bob, Andre; I'm not sure how the majority feel about this. It is interesting, if a tad difficult to transfer into model form...
Maybe it provides a prototype sounding excuse the next time the DCC/DC/String fails. Perhaps we could change the subject line? Pieter E. Roos --- On Mon, 12/5/11, shabbona_rr <[email protected]> wrote: > I understand that, Andre, but I would > never leave the pit with a leaky equalizing reservoir, > especially on CCP/IC. I can understand one developing a leak > enroute, because of the O ring rubber seals. > > On Santa Fe, they indoctrinated us on ways to "get'em over > the road" in unforeseen situations. I was firing for an > engineer who changed the glass bowls in an EMD fuel line > once, because the main one broke and the bypass one wasn't > doing anything. > > An RFE once told me that I had earned my keep for my entire > career for some steps I took as a "useless" fireman to > preserve the diesel engine on a dead unit in > sub-sub-sub-zero cold weather. The roundhouse foreman was > mad because I couldn't save the air compressor, too, after > the handle on the drain cock broke off in my hand. > > My answer? "Why are you picking on me? The company position > is that I'm just dead weight around here!" He just shrugged > his shoulders and walked away. That was the second time I > saved a pound of bacon. The other time was before I was even > promoted to an engineer. I earned the everlasting gratitude > of the engineer I was firing for on that one! > > You're right, we better get back to saving S scale. DCC, > anyone? > > Bob Nicholson ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
