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RPSI 142

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    #2
    Seanmk1
    Registered Users Posts: 119 ✭✭Seanmk1


    A failed gasket isn't really terminal for a loco, it's very fixable.


    Look at the edit history of that Wikipedia page, wild.


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    Cyndaquil
    Registered Users Posts: 145 ✭✭Cyndaquil


    Seanmk1 wrote: »
    A failed gasket isn't really terminal for a loco, it's very fixable.


    Look at the edit history of that Wikipedia page, wild.

    There seems back and fourth on 142.
    One Facebook says 142 cylinder damaged because of incorrect starting. Alas. Good that it's be repaired


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    91wx763
    Registered Users Posts: 523 ✭✭✭91wx763


    That page has been "vandalised" before and by the same clown who's at it again now.


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    Cyndaquil
    Registered Users Posts: 145 ✭✭Cyndaquil


    91wx763 wrote: »
    That page has been "vandalised" before and by the same clown who's at it again now.

    I read the 142 thing on a Facebook site so may be a colonel of truth in it.


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    91wx763
    Registered Users Posts: 523 ✭✭✭91wx763


    Cyndaquil wrote: »
    I read the 142 thing on a Facebook site so may be a colonel of truth in it.

    This link shows you people who I think know the "real" truth "repairing" the wiki page so be careful with what you may be led into as being the "truth"..... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:History/Railway_Preservation_Society_of_Ireland


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    Cyndaquil
    Registered Users Posts: 145 ✭✭Cyndaquil


    91wx763 wrote: »
    This link shows you people who I think know the "real" truth "repairing" the wiki page so be careful with what you may be led into as being the "truth"..... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:History/Railway_Preservation_Society_of_Ireland

    Madness. Looks some kind of cover up attempt in the controversy bit.


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    91wx763
    Registered Users Posts: 523 ✭✭✭91wx763


    Cyndaquil wrote: »
    Madness. Looks some kind of cover up attempt in the controversy bit.

    More likely the opposite


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    Thedarkb
    Registered Users Posts: 143 ✭✭Thedarkb


    The engine in 142 is far from rare and brand new liner gaskets are available from a wide range of suppliers. Large engines like the EMD 645 in 142 use cylinder heads for each cylinder in the engine with the liner gaskets doing the job of a head gasket in a car or truck. They can be replaced with the engine in situ by removing one of the cylinder heads. If the cylinder head or liner is warped leading to a leak, machining or even replacement of the cylinder head and liner is possible, with spare parts being available from a wide range of manufacturers.

    The failure was likely caused by volunteers forgetting to bar the engine over with the cylinder cocks open to clear any water. Trying to compress water generally ends badly, in which case it's lucky that the gasket failed before the connecting rod bent, which could've led to the engine tearing itself apart.


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