I had a house fire in 1973 the trains got wet, smoke damage and some plastic bodies were damaged however none of the locomotives and rolling stock were a total loss. The power was turned off to the house so I had to gather all that I could and transport it to my dad's workshop. I had compressed air, hairdriers and four 22" window fans. I put a tarp on the concrete floor and removed the bodies from all the locomotives first and put the parts on the tarp with the fans directed at the floor then I set about with compressed air and the hairdrier to dry each loco. I spent the entire night and next day drying the locomotives I did not move on to the rolling stock till all the locomotives were dry. Somewhere along the way I taped the nozzle of the air hose to the end of the hairdrier and this turned out to be the most effective way to get things dry fast. Now that our trains are loaded with electronics getting them dry fast is even more important. 11PM Friday April 13, 1973. j
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