Bob;
Those were called railroad "torpedos". The ones I'm familiar were in a
copper strip that was folded around the rail; when a train wheel ran over
it, the pressure set it off. It was WAY more powerful than a Cherry Bomb.
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
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From: BWANA343@aol.com [mailto:BWANA343@aol.com]
Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 5:42 PM
To: ardunbill@webtv.net; land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Fuel Additives
<PRE>Hey Bill,.....We used to liberate picric acid tablets off cabooses in
railroad yards to use for various teen-age terrorism. The actual use was as
emergency signals by placing them on the tracks far back of a
stalled/stopped
train . A very large explosion that could be heard over the train's
operating warned the crew of a hazard ahead......Bob, juvenile, now senile
delinquent,Wanner
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