Re: (erielack) Pressure gauge (fwd)

[Ken <erie910_@_harborbeach.com>]

Sounds a little low for a steam pressure gauge, with many engines at 200 
psi and higher.  It might be air pressure, since many railroads run a main 
reservoir at 130 psi, perhaps lower with a steam-operated compressor.


Ken B.

At 06:37 AM 7/9/02 -0400, gelwood wrote:
>Can anybody help? This sounds like a steam pressure gauge.
>
>George Elwood
>http://www.dnaco.net/~gelwood
>
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>Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2002 23:20:44 -0400
>From: James Smith <smittys_@_gls3c.com>
>To: gelwood_@_dnaco.net
>Subject: Pressure gauge
>
>Dear Sir: I have a new westinghouse guage in a box addressed to DL&W RR,
>c/o ray? Knight, Keyser Valley Shops, Scranton PA. I think you are an
>old Lackawanna man and could give me some info. on this. It came out of
>scranton shop when they closed it and I've hade ever since. The box is
>falling apart, but you can still see most of the writing. The gauge is
>about 3-3 1/2 in round, is made of heavy brass and chrome plated. It
>must weigh about 3-4 lbs.Scale is 0-160 lbs Thank you for your time.
>Hope you get your pictures up soon. Smitty

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