[PRCo] Re: Nickel Plate 765

[Herb Brannon]

Derrick,
Are you going to post the pic showing cleaning?
On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 9:41 PM, Derrick Brashear <shadow at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 7:24 PM, Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net> wrote:
> > Dennis,
> > Who owns the passenger equipment being used on this train? Interesting is
> > the way they haul the coal supply and the loader riding in its' own
> > gondola. Where do they get the water? When steam locos run on CVRR the
> coal
> > is stockpiled at Boston Mill Station along with the loader and water can
> be
> > taken on at the City of Akron Fresh Water Well at Merriman Valley or at
> the
> > Fitzwater Rail Yard from the fire hydrants.
>
> Today was water at Altoona. Over the weekend it was Conway. On
> Tuesday, Mansfield.
>
> > Fred,
> > You have apparently never seen the people who accompany 765 on it's
> travels
> > in action. Any time 765 is sitting idle they are going over it oiling,
> > lubricating, cleaning and polishing.  See the attached three photos I
> took
> > on 26 September 2010. NKP765 was here in 2010 and 2011. This year it will
> > be CP1293.
>
> I have a shot of the lube and cleaning at Mansfield from Tuesday.
>
>
>
> --
> Derrick
>
>


-- 
Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park