Pillars of Smoke Question

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An engineer once told me they nicknamed this device the "husker"
 
Thanks,
 
Richard D. Shell
 
 
In a message dated 10/19/2010 5:49:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:

 
Gordon,  
Are you referring to the item attached to the air hose or the "bungee" type 
 support of the pad and hose glad hand. I think one of the devices that 
allows  the coal train to be cut off on the fly with the angle cock open is 
attached  and ready for the next train to push.  
Skip
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Skip, 

Thanks for the picture and the explanation, but the picture begs another  
question.  What is the scoop on the cushion-looking item below the  coupler? 

Gordon Hamilton 

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Attached is a photo I took 5-23-06 at Whitethorne of the 9801 pusher  
equipped with the "cut off on the fly" equipment. Notice that the 9801 MR  hose 
(main reservoir line) is hooked to the device and an ACT (actuating  line) 
from 9801 is hooked to the cylinder above the pin puller. When the  9801 is 
connected to the last coal car in a train to be pushed, as I  understand it, 
another device is inserted between the train line on the 9801  and the train 
line on the last car. When the engineer is ready to "cut off  on the fly" he 
"bales down on the independent brake handle causing the  actuating line to 
allow MR air into the cylinder to lift the cut lever  opening the knuckle 
and cutting the locomotive off. At this time when the  train line hoses 
separate, the inserted device senses the cut and shuts off  the train line air on 
the last car and stays with the last car. I spoke to  an engineer at 
Whitethorne sometime later and he told me that the pusher  always goes into 
EMERGENCY and the engineer on the pusher "holds his  breath that the device in the 
train line works to keep the coal train being  pushed to NOT "big hole".  
Skip Salmon  
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See image at following:
_http://nwhs.org/wiki/tiki-browse_image.php?imageId=165_ 
(http://nwhs.org/wiki/tiki-browse_image.php?imageId=87) 

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As added info, Whitethrorn pushers using  the cut-on-the-fly device go into 
emergeny when they cut away from the  train. The fly device only closes the 
angle cock on the cars. 

Jimmy Lisle 

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