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Originally Posted by billyboy
leaky steam heating pipe would my guess YM. Back in the day, drivers (before my time) would carry a piece of leather and a length of coiled wire to repair leaky vacuum hoses. suppose that would have helped with steam heating pipes too!
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Thanks BB. Steam heating was all that I could imagine not that I know anything about it here in Oz although the NSWGR used in in places.
Here in Victoria we had two pulverised brown coal fired locos which had the exhaust from the dust blower (I think) coming out on top of the tender. Hot stuff I believe but too few and too late a/c diesels coming.
Leather and wire OK for vacuum no doubt but not Westinghouse! Just take hose off the front of the engine or the back of the van if you didn't have a spare.
Back to the GD after this little excursion ashore.
