[R-390] CAD Welding-RR Thermite welds

[Cecil Acuff]

What a waste....

Cecil...
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mikea" <mikea at mikea.ath.cx>
To: "r390 list" <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 3:21 PM
Subject: Re: [R-390] CAD Welding-RR Thermite welds


> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 02:56:32PM -0500, William J. Neill wrote:
>> Ah, ye speak of the joys of field welds with 1,400' stalks of welded  
>> rail, perchance?
>> 
>> Or signal bonds maybe?
>> 
>> "Dispatcher, this is gonna take about two hours before we can run any  
>> trains."
>> 
>> Of course, back in my USASA days, Thermite grenades had an entirely  
>> different use.
> 
> M1A1 Safe Destroyer instructions: 
> 
> "Twist the three red wires together; twist the three green wires
> together; connect one set of wires to each terminal of a 12V automotive
> battery. Alternatively, put your finger through the pull ring on the
> friction igniter, pull it firmly. Leave the area *IMMEDIATELY*!"
> 
> A co-worker told me that he and his crew used lots of them, one or two
> per rack, as part of shutting down a comm center in Turkey some time
> before 1965, when I met him, and that smoke was still coming out of the
> joint around the main door two weeks later.
> 
> R-390 connection: They had lots of 'em, and a Wullenweber CDAA. Before
> the M1A1s were used, only the tubes glowed; after they were used, _lots_
> more stuff glowed.
> 
> -- 
> Mike Andrews, W5EGO
> mikea at mikea.ath.cx
> Tired old sysadmin 
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