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Nice shots GLC

DR has a shot further down the old main

DR??

Hope the diamonds and power switches are still around by then.

Now that you guys are living in Durand, you can put in a million hours of volunteer time at the depot.

DepotFan1982 wrote:Oh, you are preaching to the choir about the urinal.

I have been asking to fix that since Railroad Days!!!!

I dont even want to get into that whole mess.

Yea, I know how it goes. At least you're trying

Like you said though, there could have been a number of reason this happened. Thats why the fire suppression system company has been around the depot for the last week investigating. Hopefully they can let us know the exact cause. Until then, its all just guess work. Thanks though for the scenarios...

DepotFan1982 wrote:Yeah, I know that you said AIR.

But it was not an AIR pipe, it was the condensation pipe.

Condensation = Water.

Water freezes.

Ok, EXPLAIN to me why a dry system would have a Condensation pipe that could freeze and break?

It was not a pipe with air in it. The fire suppression system is charged by compressed air. Anyone that has worked with an air compressor before knows that it builds up condensation. The pipe that burst was a condensation drain pipe. This pipe was just drained a few weeks ago. That is why the fire ...

I find it very interesting that a pipe with air in it can burst

Flood damages archives at depot DURAND - A water pipe that froze and burst flooded the more than 100-year-old Durand Union Station Monday. Officials say, though, because of the Durand Fire Department's quick response and the help of others, a major disaster was averted. The burst pipe was located in...

Go take a pill and calm down :roll: CN hater This just in on WGN News...CN has won approval from the STB to purchase the EJ&E from US Steel. This paves the way for vastly improved service Around not THRU Chicago. Good for them ! How a group of NIMBY's can hold North American commerce and trade hosta...

Coming up in the next half hour.

Don Simon wrote:Wondered where you've been, Dennis

Got burned out took a break

Not too shabby