Coopersville & Marne Railway Questions

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That video is awesome! One of my favorites. Glad you captured the horn salute! And you gotta love the rare milagevrun on that equipment.
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I agree with Firemedic. I like the horn salute too 8). It's probably not as easy as it seems to do that with a train horn.
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The horn valve in 7014 is not typical. Certain horns work very well for that salute. That particular horn was sd80mac's k5la with an oddball bell reversal. Very hard to quill that horn valve.

FiremedicMike, aren't you in that second video? :D
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I believe my two chase videos feature that same K5LA...
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Why, yes, that is me on the front steps of the caboose doing fire watch. The CPMY Safety Dept. wanted to make sure the Mechanical Dept. Supervisor and the Chief Mechanic were not starting a 6 mile long grass fire with the locomotive load testing. Not that such things have happened before.... :lol:
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You mean like this:
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EWRice wrote:The horn valve in 7014 is not typical. Certain horns work very well for that salute. That particular horn was sd80mac's k5la with an oddball bell reversal. Very hard to quill that horn valve.

FiremedicMike, aren't you in that second video? :D
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Someone should tell that guy in the gray shirt next to 3049 to lose some weight. :lol:

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Excuse me but who are you to call out someone's weight on a public chat forum???
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It's me. :) Not to worry.

We were shoving the blue boxcar back that day for veterans day so I got to play with 3049, at least in the brakeman capacity.
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mikerm19 wrote:It's me. :) Not to worry.

We were shoving the blue boxcar back that day for veterans day so I got to play with 3049, at least in the brakeman capacity.
Oh ok. I don't know what you look like. My mistake. :lol:
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