A Passenger Equipment Question

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There was a passenger car roundhouse that is between the shops and
freightcar. That is where passenger cars were worked on.
That's about all I know on the matter. Ken Miller would most likely have
more information.

Regards,
Mike Voiland

On Mon, Jul 16, 2018, 18:40 NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

> Thanks for explaining that. I wasn't familiar with those abbreviations.
> Since all my passenger equipment is 1:87 scale it never popped up before.
>
> Roger Huber
> Deer Creek Locomotive Works
>
>
> On Monday, July 16, 2018, 4:01:42 PM CDT, NW Mailing List <
> nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> Mr. HuberDeerCreek -
>
>
> "COT&S" is "Cleaned Oiled Tested and Stencilled."
>
>
> "IDT"  is "In Date Test."
>
>
> "UC" was the standard triple valve on passenger equipment beginning in the
> 1890s.  I saw some of it still in service in the 1990s, and one of the air
> brake shops in Pittsburgh was still working on UC equipment as of the time
> I retired 8 years ago.  If they didn't weigh about 500 pounds a piece, I
> would have one in my basement.  The UC valves allow for a graduated
> release, which freight triple valves do not.
>
>
> Not stuff you need to worry about unless the railroad cars you push around
> are 1-to-1 scale.
>
>
> -- abram burnett.
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