The DTR Breakroom (No frills or flying stuff, just a breakroom) 4.25.10-5.1.10
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From: Home: Kaplan, LA - Pipelining In: Pecos, Tx
I take it that is some loco engines
When we were down by the rail yard and it was cold they would shoot propane into those locomotive engines till they warmed up. Was wicked cool to see them shooting flames 10ft or so out of the exhaust stacks.
When we were down by the rail yard and it was cold they would shoot propane into those locomotive engines till they warmed up. Was wicked cool to see them shooting flames 10ft or so out of the exhaust stacks.
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From: Birmingham, Alabama
Evenin, other night shift is on. OL just dropped off some chow for me and my Marines, stuffed shells, cesear salad, bread, and citrus tea. 
Got some bad news from the doc today... I have an ACL tear. He asked me if I wanted crutches, I told him I was getting around ok thus far... he was a little surprised. I guess this is a pretty serious injury or something. When he did his little test on my knee, he pulled it forward, and the bottom of my knee came forward about an inch, felt all funny.
Tonight is my last night on nights, I get off from after tonight until Monday... Time to work on the house, I'm all about it.
Ya'll be good.
Got some bad news from the doc today... I have an ACL tear. He asked me if I wanted crutches, I told him I was getting around ok thus far... he was a little surprised. I guess this is a pretty serious injury or something. When he did his little test on my knee, he pulled it forward, and the bottom of my knee came forward about an inch, felt all funny.
Tonight is my last night on nights, I get off from after tonight until Monday...
Time to work on the house, I'm all about it. Ya'll be good.
so did any of u hear that they were supposed to be burning that huge oil slick that is headed towards the coast. well i guess they lit it up bc it smells like burnt oil really bad out there rite now. i dont get it they decided to burn it so that it dont get to the coast but dont care about the 1000s of other ppl out here that have to breath fumes all night. glad i am going in in the morning.
they should have done this on earth day.
they should have done this on earth day.
Evening gang.
Oh, and of course we can't forget these guys who also did some spanking last night!
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DTR's Locomotive Superhero and the DTR Sweet Tea Specialist
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From: Valparaiso, IN
Yeah, in General Motors EMD's they have large 2-strokes. Similar to a Detroit but alot bigger. Most I worked on were 8, 12, or 16 cylinder 645's and 567's. The 645 and 567 refer to how many cubic inches a single cylinder is. So the 645-16's had a displacement of 10320 cu in. Some turbo and some had roots blowers. If you let some of the blower engines idle long enough they would catch fire in the stacks when the crew would put them under a load. They rarely shut the engines off so if they idles for a few days the exhaust manifolds would soup up with oil and carbon, add some heat and you have an instant fire. Pretty cool to see at night.
