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and construction crews to fight fire, the railroad should 

 know where it can quickly get the men if it does not rely on 

 the district ranger for extra help* 



Chemical extinguishers are a great help in putting 

 our railroad fires. They are easily transported by rail. 



Many logging engines are equipped with a one inch 

 hose from 50 - 100 feet long. By using some of the water 

 in the tank^ the engine can force water through the hose 



and put out small fires along the railroad. 



Recknagel (1906) gives the following description of 

 a tank car used for fire fighting: "On a convenient siding 

 stands an old tank car of 4970 gallon capacity, rigged with 

 a hose and double pump. This is the coi pany's fire engine. 

 This tank car was obtained from the Mitschkun Company, Detroit, 

 dealer in second hand railroad cars, for about |250. The car 

 was fitted with a four inch suction three inch discharge Snow 

 Pump, (Buffalo) costing about |120. Further, two one hundred 

 foot lengths of two inch water hose and ten feet of steam 

 hose and thirty-five feet of four inch wire line suction hose 

 were purchased. A Jt/8;^inch nozzle was used. The steam 

 goes through a pipe from the dome to either end of the engine 

 with a valve at the end and a steam hose connection to the 

 pump. ?/hen the pump is in operation it can throw two streams 

 one hundred feet long or one stream for two hundred feet. 

 From the nozzle the water is thrown 150 feet so the maximum 

 distance for one stream would be S50 feet from the track. 

 The whole equipment cost about |600. It has proved its worth." 



In a few cases several barrels of water in a couple of 

 freight cars hauled by an engine with the proper hose attach-. 



