I have always wondered how the term (fusee) came about? I've also have heard them called railroad flares. They don't seem any different than a road flare, other than the steel spike on …

Technically, a red fuse indicates stop; therefore, a proceed signal may not be given with a red fuse. When I worked on the Q in the '60's we'd occasionally get in a few boxes of yellow …

It is a system with an fuse in the air brake system that is connected to a steel wire around each axle and near each wheel. If the wheel falls from the rail, it pulls the steel wire that opens the …

The United States Army has a GP9 with dynamics that was drawn out of stock at Fort Eustis, VA, and a crew of active Army men to run it stationed near Camp Pendleton. This is to handle …

Fuel tank, Honda engine, 1984 Cadillac horns, GM alternator, hydraulic drive for chain, horn blaster air compressor that feeds two air reservoirs on each side per prototype locations, fuse …

Originally, or like in the first and second generation diesels like Casey's SD45, locomotive batteries were individual 8-volt DC batteries wired together in series, in two banks of four …

In France, British Duds falling behind German lines bore the tiny stamp KPz 96/04, 1896 being the year Vickers first licensed Krupp's fuse patent and 1904 the year the agreement was renewed.

The recent cold weather here in the east has raised a question where I work about locomotive cooling systems. I remember reading somewhere, perhaps last year or so on this forum that …

Our EMD switchers have a 400 amp starting fuse which rarely blows, so the cranking current is somewhat less. In cold weather we generally open the cylinder test cocks and "roll the engine …

I removed the circuit breaker and replaced it with a slightly higher fuse, sized by the new output transistor's higher capacity. I also added a heatsink to the xstr just to make sure, and even a …