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Bill C.
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Brakeman
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 | | 09/06/2008 8:30 AM |
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Spotted this on a little roadtrip this summer. I think I know what it is, but I'll let you take a shot at explaining it. | |
Yours truly, Bill C.
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| Semper Vaporo
1st Class Member
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Engineer
Posts:1534
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| | 09/06/2008 8:52 AM |
| | A "Fireless Cooker" for an electric company. | |
 C. T. McCullough
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Le 18:22
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| Dave F
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Sandy, Utah
Conductor
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| | 09/06/2008 11:00 AM |
| | That's Ready Kilowatt on the nose of what appears to be a fireless steam engine.. Nifty tech for the 30's.. | |
Dave Fulghum,
CEO/Gandy dancer: Lone Peak & Western Railway.
Member, Utah Garden Railway Society.
www.lonepeakandwestern.bravehost.com | |
| Bill C.
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Brakeman
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| | 09/07/2008 5:25 AM |
| Yep, you guys are correct. The location is Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, right in the heart of anthracite coal country.
Here’s a link relating to the former Pennsylvania Power & Light company locomotive:
http://www.robertjohndavis.com/blog/?p=214 | |
Yours truly, Bill C.
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