"Ello Tony,
Trust you to be a "smart alec"--I thought they were pieces of eight!! Well,
you have the Duchess and the Britannia, so you must know!
Cheers,
Geoff.
Hi Geoff,
>As Punch said to Judy, (or the Duchess to Britannia), and Long John
>Silver's parrot.
>"That's the way to do it,
Hi Geoff,
As Punch said to Judy, (or the Duchess to Britannia), and Long John
Silver's parrot.
"That's the way to do it, figures of eight, figures of eight"!.
Regards,
Tony D.
At 12:24 PM 3/27/03 -0800, you wrote:
Royce,
Based on my experience in the compressed air industry, I wo
That makes much more sense. Thanks very much for the clarification.
Adrian
> I think what you are seeing is the results of a well-meaning person
> grossly simplifying a drawing to put it online. If you look at the
> official D&RGW "folios" of the C-21 and C-25, reproduced in John
> Norwood's "Ri
At 08:37 AM 3/28/03 -0500, you wrote:
>All the large scale guys at PLS that have cast irons valves and/or
>cylinders use engine oil to lubricate the cylinders after they are done
>running.
"Engine oil" could be a lot of things, do they not use steam oil?
>Condensation and the inability to g
All the large scale guys at PLS that have cast irons valves and/or
cylinders use engine oil to lubricate the cylinders after they are done
running. Condensation and the inability to get every last bit of water out
of them after a run assures no rust the next time. One person forgot this
last year a
Hi Trent & Group,
The "Great Trains Through the Garden" video was filmed / produced /
distributed by my late friend Rick Runyon. The segment you are
referring to was filmed at Sonny Wizleman's house here in the Los
Angeles area. The runaway grasshopper belongs to Hal and Andrea
Burschell (sp?)...