TRRA 318 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
TRRA 318 / SymphonicPoet
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示 2.1 |
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| 説明 | 318 is a fairly typical 0-8-0 switcher of 1926 vintage. A few years back she was the subject of a fairly meticulous cosmetic restoration and you can see detail lavished on her cab interior. (Not ordinarily something you can appreciate, given that it isn't open, but once in a while volunteering for an organization has its perqs.) Some of the locomotives most subtle but important "gauges" can be seen here. At the extreme left of the picture is the water column and the "tri-cocks." Since safety absolutely requires that you have enough water in the boiler you need to know how much is there. The water column helps you to discern that accurately. The three valves (or cocks) on the right hand side of the column each drip into the receiver underneath at different water levels. Just out of view to the left, and also attached to the water column, is the water sight glass, which gives you another visual confirmation of water level, assuming you've been diligent and kept the thing clean and in proper working order. An old engineer once told me that the very first thing you look at when getting into the cab of an operating steam locomotive should be that. (Boilers without enough water have a nasty habit of exploding. It truly is pretty important.) Wish I had a picture of the sight glass itself. |
| 撮影日 | 2003-03-01 00:00:00 |
| 撮影者 | SymphonicPoet , St. Louis, Missouri, USA |
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| 撮影地 | Barretts, Missouri, United States 地図 |