Picture Of The Week (POW) Information and Submissions

[The Hat]

Passing by my home this morning, on it's way to Cheyenne...

These old 844's sure get around..

Impressive! What is the function of the yellow car?

It ain’t no dining car that’s for sure...

 

[stratman]

What is the function of the yellow car?

1) For the engine behind it to run into and cause a Hollywood-quality fiery explosion.

2) Where the nuclear waste is secretly stored during transportation.

3) To get that juice up to Lawson's in 40 hours. (Might have to be a Clevelander to remember this though I read they are still in Asia!)

 

[Redbrickman]

Impressive! What is the function of the yellow car?

It's the Presidential Washroom

 

[sumi]

One from holiday, being a Beekeeper I was well pleased to find this at breakfast every day. I cut a chunk out every day and had it on toast

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Congrats @Redbrickman for getting this week's POW!

Here you go @stratman

 

[Redbrickman]

Thanks

 

[The Hat]

Here you go @stratman

Isn’t @stratman a little sweetie...

 

[stratman]

Isn’t @stratman a little sweetie...

Not me, but Sumi is!

 

[turbguy]

Impressive! What is the function of the yellow car?

That's an auxiliary tender. The old water sources for steam engine replenishment are not as available as they once were, due to conversion to diesel electric locomotives.

 

[Emulator]

Thanks turbguy, the fact that it is placed where it is, between two power sources and although out of picture to the left it looks as though there is a second similar car, gives a hint, but not the underlying reason!

 

[The Hat]

the fact that it is placed where it is

The Flying Scotsman would use 15,000 gallons of water on the Edinburgh run and it’s no where near as big as these 844’s are, but it scooped up the water it needed from special troughs along the route..
In Ireland we’d just leave the Feckin windows open..