tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108382665458119460.post1656201336694896654..comments2024-03-22T22:30:30.297-04:00Comments on USMRR Aquia Line and other Model Railroad Adventures: Wood Rick for Falmouth Engine TerminalBerniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14041125155303909803noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108382665458119460.post-19943425726008348792010-10-17T10:02:11.926-04:002010-10-17T10:02:11.926-04:00Thanks for the comments. I have yet to see an ash ...Thanks for the comments. I have yet to see an ash pit in the photos of ACW era facilities too. I don't have an engine house at Falmouth, but I could detail the ground on the storage tracks with some ashes as Bob suggests.Berniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14041125155303909803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108382665458119460.post-91384543403098229192010-10-15T12:44:26.433-04:002010-10-15T12:44:26.433-04:00Job well done on the wood rik. On the Ash pit; I ...Job well done on the wood rik. On the Ash pit; I have never been able to find examples of one on a wood burning road. That includes such well documented roads as the Virginia and Truckee and the Central Pacific. Not in photos or plans do ash pits show up until they started burning coal.<br />Wood burning lasted the longest in Oregon and Washington and I have been unable to find examples of ash pit there ether. I brought this up on the early rail site a while back. they could not provide any evidence of ash pit being provided for wood burners ether. they were of the opinion that the ashes left by wood burners were pretty minimal and presented no fire hazard especially when compared to coal. They felt that the ash would be dumped on the ground in front of the engine house and left to be blow away by the wind. Personally I was a bit disappointed by this information because I think ash pits are interesting structures. So in conclusion, I don't think you have to worry about providing an ash pit.<br /><br />Bob HarrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108382665458119460.post-29104980573537576602010-10-13T13:02:30.253-04:002010-10-13T13:02:30.253-04:00Bernie,
The service facilities look great!
I ...Bernie, <br /><br />The service facilities look great! <br /><br />I have seen photos of some short or backwoods lines where instead of an ash pit, they seem to have just laid down some sheet iron on the tracks to give some minimal fire proection and dumped the ashes there, which might be an alternative on a temporary line (if this is a USMRR built facility and not an existing civilian one) to a stone lined pit <br /><br />Sneaking a peak at this blog and your progress is one of the guilty pleasures of my work day.<br /><br />Keep it up.<br /><br />MattMattnoreply@blogger.com