smd4 posted:Can we "please" stop putting "quotes" around the "word" staybolt? We all "know" what staybolts "are," and the "term" isn't so "unusual" that we "need" to "continually" put "quotes" around it "every" time.
Thank you!
Gary - no one is personally attacking you or calling you names. Several gentlemen in this forum have extensive hands on experience is full size steam locomotive operation and maintenance and are trying to simply supply correct information. As a power plant professional engineer I deal with boiler of all kinds and I can guarantee that if I was performing what is likely a permanent fuel change I would remove those eyebrows as well. The purpose of those things is to prevent abrasion of the fasteners, in this case the stay bolts, so that they don't get mechanically eroded.
I love the fact that in this day of bottom line driven decisions the UP continues to support this program.
