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Viewing Album:  The Durbin Rocket Takes on Water
 
By:Gary Everhart
Dates:10/16/2012 - 10/16/2012
Album Info:Using a time honored, no frills approach to taking on water for its thirsty Climax locomotive, the Durbin & Greenbrier Valley crew take on water from a local creek. Sure beats building, filling and maintaining a water tower!
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Removing the hose
Title:  Removing the hose
Description:  After stopping next to a small stream, the Durbin & Greenbrier Valley engineer removes the siphon hose from the side of the Climax locomotive.
Photo Date:  10/16/2012  Upload Date: 11/16/2012 8:21:02 AM
Location:  Durbin, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Scenic,Action
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Views:  63   Comments: 0
Connecting the siphon hose
Title:  Connecting the siphon hose
Description:  Next he connects the siphon hose to the intake siphon fitting on the Climax.
Photo Date:  10/16/2012  Upload Date: 11/16/2012 8:22:50 AM
Location:  Durbin, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Scenic,Action
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Views:  49   Comments: 0
Placing the siphon in the creek
Title:  Placing the siphon in the creek
Description:  HIs next step is to drop the other end of the siphon hose into the creek.
Photo Date:  10/16/2012  Upload Date: 11/16/2012 8:24:17 AM
Location:  Durbin, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Scenic,Action
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Views:  52   Comments: 1
Creek bed
Title:  Creek bed
Description:  The siphon hose sits in about 2 feet of water which remains unfrozen during the winter so trips can run year round, snow permitting however!
Photo Date:  10/16/2012  Upload Date: 11/16/2012 8:24:28 AM
Location:  Durbin, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Scenic,Action
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Views:  58   Comments: 0
Fireman moves coal
Title:  Fireman moves coal
Description:  While the engineer is preparing the water siphon, the fireman is busily moving coal closer for the return trip.
Photo Date:  10/16/2012  Upload Date: 11/16/2012 8:24:32 AM
Location:  Durbin, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Scenic,Action
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Views:  51   Comments: 0
Moving Coal Forward
Title:  Moving Coal Forward
Description:  While the engineer is setting up the water siphon from the creek, the fireman takes a few moments to move the coal a little closer for the return trip to Durbin.
Photo Date:  10/16/2012  Upload Date: 11/16/2012 8:24:37 AM
Location:  Durbin, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Scenic,Action
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Views:  52   Comments: 0
Steam appears
Title:  Steam appears
Description:  Signaling the water that will soon flow into the tender, a blast of steam escapes the water intake pipe.
Photo Date:  10/16/2012  Upload Date: 11/16/2012 8:24:44 AM
Location:  Durbin, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Scenic,Action
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Water flows!
Title:  Water flows!
Description:  Finally the water starts flowing into the tender from the creek bed some 30 feet below. Meanwhile the fireman finishes up moving the coal closer for the return trip.
Photo Date:  10/16/2012  Upload Date: 11/16/2012 8:24:52 AM
Location:  Durbin, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Scenic,Action
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Engineer checking
Title:  Engineer checking
Description:  The engineer pops up on the end of the tender to check the water flow from the creek bed into the tender.
Photo Date:  10/16/2012  Upload Date: 11/16/2012 8:25:02 AM
Location:  Durbin, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Scenic,Action
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Views:  52   Comments: 0
Ready to signal the cutoff
Title:  Ready to signal the cutoff
Description:  Now finished with the coal move, the fireman stands ready to signal a cutoff to the engineer when the tender is filled.
Photo Date:  10/16/2012  Upload Date: 11/16/2012 8:25:11 AM
Location:  Durbin, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Scenic,Action
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Views:  57   Comments: 0
Shutting off the siphon
Title:  Shutting off the siphon
Description:  Once he receives the signal, the engineer shuts off the water siphon.
Photo Date:  10/16/2012  Upload Date: 11/16/2012 8:25:20 AM
Location:  Durbin, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Scenic,Action
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Views:  42   Comments: 0
Pulling up the siphon hose
Title:  Pulling up the siphon hose
Description:  He then pulls up the hose from the creek bed.
Photo Date:  10/16/2012  Upload Date: 11/16/2012 8:25:29 AM
Location:  Durbin, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Scenic,Action
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Views:  48   Comments: 0
Pull up complete
Title:  Pull up complete
Description:  The engineer now has the siphon hose pulled out of the creek bed and stretches it out next to the track.
Photo Date:  10/16/2012  Upload Date: 11/16/2012 8:25:37 AM
Location:  Durbin, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Scenic,Action
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Done!
Title:  Done!
Description:  The engineer is now done with the water uptake and leaves the hose stretched out for using later during the afternoon run. All told, it took about 10-15 minutes to refill the tender and be on our way again.
Photo Date:  10/16/2012  Upload Date: 11/16/2012 8:25:45 AM
Location:  Durbin, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Scenic,Action
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Views:  56   Comments: 1

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