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 Post subject: Re: Cylinder blow-downs nearly incinerate railfan.
PostPosted: Fri Nov 24, 2017 10:10 am 

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what a stupid sensationalist thread title, it should be removed as the crap that it is.


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 Post subject: Re: Cylinder blow-downs nearly incinerate railfan.
PostPosted: Fri Nov 24, 2017 7:31 pm 

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The only way I could truly see them as dangerous is in the case of a directed path for the released steam (such as in UK practice with copper pipes) lifting ballast and turning it into shrapnel. I dont even know of an example of that happening however....definitely fails the incineration aspect

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 Post subject: Re: Cylinder blow-downs nearly incinerate railfan.
PostPosted: Sat Nov 25, 2017 7:39 am 

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"DANGEROUS EMERGENCY STEAM PURGE. Almost a train crash with a faulty pressure valve".

Absolute total bollocks! This sort of sensational rubbish from publicity seeking losers does a great deal of harm to the heritage railway movement as Joe Public ends up believing it. I feel sorry for the Puffing Billy guys who were just doing their job. I'll get off my soapbox now.
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