10th June 2010, 22:42
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Westinghouse pumps
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Originally Posted by Jim Christie
Can recall a similar tale.The westinghouse pump stopped working, however it can of course be operated 'manually'. So for the 50 miles back to the shed the fireman had to sit on the running plate in driving snow and at speeds of upto 50mph operating this pump (luckily there were a couple of other individuals on the footplate to fire!)!
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Hi Jim our Westinghouse pumps on N7s back in the 1950s could not be operated manually, well I never saw one being worked like that.
Maybe ours were a different type to the pumps your talkiing about.
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