> Anybody want to speculate as to whether it
> still has its "Golden Glow"
> headlights?
It probably doesn't need them.
http://www.ncry.org
johnathon_kruger@hotmail.com
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| Author: | Rob Davis [ Fri Dec 27, 2002 9:57 am ] |
| Post subject: | Radioactive BLH? |
This was on Railpace.com I guess this is one Baldwin bound to preserved out of public view! The thing I don;t get it that she needs to buried, but she's OK to leave sitting at Queensgate? US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY LOCOMOTIVE ON CSXT: US Department of Energy Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton RS4TC locomotive OHFX 4026 is currently at CSXT's Queensgate Yard in Cincinnati, OH. This unit is painted red with the name "L'il Leah" on the hood. This locomotive is usually maintained at the DOE's shops at Fernald, Ohio and is to be buried at Clive, Utah due to low level radioactive contamination when it is retired. (Conrail Technical Society E-Mail Update - posted 12/24) trains@robertjohndavis.com |
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| Author: | ge13031 [ Fri Dec 27, 2002 10:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Radioactive BLH? |
>Fernald, Ohio I think they want anything connected with that operation buried, out of sight and memory! I don't think there is any other abatement procedure for the animal. O'course if they place it in a vault or tuck it away in the corner of a tunnel it will prolley be the only one around in 10,000 years ? lamontdc@adelphia.net |
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| Author: | Mike Shirk [ Fri Dec 27, 2002 10:40 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Radioactive BLH? |
Yea and I guess it was o.k. for some poor schmuck to operate it too. Perhaps they drew straws and the lucky guy got to wear a pair of DOD-issue lead-lined overalls... |
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| Author: | Rick [ Fri Dec 27, 2002 4:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Radioactive BLH? |
> Yea and I guess it was o.k. for some poor > schmuck to operate it too. Perhaps they drew > straws and the lucky guy got to wear a pair > of DOD-issue lead-lined overalls... Well maybe they just hired some Alco-haulic railfan who would wade through a pool of radioactive waste just to pull the throttle of an Alco. Its scary, but I know people like that! jrowlands@neo.rr.com |
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| Author: | Hal Reiser [ Fri Dec 27, 2002 4:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Radioactive BLH? |
> Yea and I guess it was o.k. for some poor > schmuck to operate it too. Perhaps they drew > straws and the lucky guy got to wear a pair > of DOD-issue lead-lined overalls... Anybody want to speculate as to whether it still has its "Golden Glow" headlights? Hal2415@aol.com |
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| Author: | Mark Bassett [ Sat Dec 28, 2002 1:26 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Radioactive BLH? |
> Well maybe they just hired some Alco-haulic > railfan who would wade through a pool of > radioactive waste just to pull the throttle > of an Alco. > Its scary, but I know people like that! Just send them to Ely, Nevada. They can pull the throttle on our RS3. It's painted orange, but it does not glow in the dark. All they need to do is leave a little green stuff (money) behind. And then its out on to the mainline. Nevada Northern Railway Museum bassett@elko.net |
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| Author: | J Kruger [ Sat Dec 28, 2002 1:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Radioactive BLH? *PIC* |
> Anybody want to speculate as to whether it > still has its "Golden Glow" > headlights? It probably doesn't need them. http://www.ncry.org johnathon_kruger@hotmail.com |
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| Author: | Mike Shirk [ Sat Dec 28, 2002 12:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Make er' remote control and just say no to Rads *NM* |
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| Author: | Brian F [ Sat Dec 28, 2002 3:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Radioactive BLH? *PIC* |
For those that are curious... here's what an BLH RS4TC looks like in it's military paint. This is one of two RS4TC's in service at The Northwest Railway Museum in Snoqualmie WA. http://www.trainmuseum.org Both locomotives have been repainted a more attractive color. Some folks classify these locomotives as Whitcombs, as they are a Whitcomb design. Whitcom was a subsidiary of BLH but most of the production units were built at Baldwin's Eddystone plant. Washington Steam Railroads and Locomotives  brianf425@yahoo.com |
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| Author: | Hugh Odom [ Sat Dec 28, 2002 6:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Radioactive BLH? |
Rob, Sounds pretty wacky at first listen, but the regs for radiological waste are a little wacky too (I used to work with this stuff). The locomotive may be no more radioactive than an old luminous dial wrist watch. The cost of cleaning it up (i.e.- removing the contamination), and certifying that it is cleaned up, would be higher than the cost of burying it in a low-level radioactive waste dump. Now, if we could just mount some sort of campaign to push the government into doing the decontamination rather than putting another ~100 tons of slightly contaminated steel in the ground, maybe we could save it. Hugh Odom > This was on Railpace.com > I guess this is one Baldwin bound to > preserved out of public view! The thing I > don;t get it that she needs to buried, but > she's OK to leave sitting at Queensgate? > US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY LOCOMOTIVE ON CSXT: > US Department of Energy > Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton RS4TC locomotive OHFX > 4026 is currently at CSXT's Queensgate Yard > in Cincinnati, OH. This unit is painted red > with the name "L'il Leah" on the > hood. This locomotive is usually maintained > at the DOE's shops at Fernald, Ohio and is > to be buried at Clive, Utah due to low level > radioactive contamination when it is > retired. (Conrail Technical Society E-Mail > Update - posted 12/24) The Ultimate Steam Page whodom@awod.com |
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| Author: | Aaron Berger [ Sat Dec 28, 2002 7:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Radioactive BLH? |
I Think They Should Use Some Other Means Besides A Locomotive. How Many BLH Loco's? Aaron norfolk_western_611@hotmail.com |
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| Author: | Brian F [ Sun Dec 29, 2002 1:09 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How Many BLH Loco's? |
> How Many BLH Loco's? BLH locos... I don't know. According to Jay Reed's "Critters, Dinkys & Centercabs", 71 RS4TC's were built. http://www.sonic.net/~jayreed Washington Steam Railroads and Locomotives brianf425@yahoo.com |
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