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John West

August 06, 2018 09:48PM

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Having grown up with oil fired steam engines I can't get to excited. Yes coal is more historically correct but if the economics and risk management push the D&S in the direction of oil that is no big problem for me. An oil fired engine is just as interesting and dramatic as a coal fired engine, it just smells different. And if oil fired allows the D&S to take the wet soot makers off the stacks, I might even prefer oil.

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Al Harper: If all goes according to plan, train will never shut down again because of fire danger	Chris Webster	August 06, 2018 11:24AM
Re: Al Harper: If all goes according to plan, train will never shut down again because of fire danger	RDannemann	August 06, 2018 12:55PM
Re: Al Harper: If all goes according to plan, train will never shut down again because of fire danger	AZ Railfan	August 06, 2018 01:07PM
Re: Al Harper: If all goes according to plan, train will never shut down again because of fire danger	mrwalsh85	August 06, 2018 01:59PM
Re: Al Harper: If all goes according to plan, train will never shut down again because of fire danger	el gringo grande	August 06, 2018 02:13PM
Re: Al Harper: If all goes according to plan, train will never shut down again because of fire danger	Chris Webster	August 06, 2018 03:35PM
Re: Al Harper: If all goes according to plan, train will never shut down again because of fire danger	Chris Walker	August 06, 2018 02:08PM
Re: Al Harper: If all goes according to plan, train will never shut down again because of fire danger	Paul Davenport	August 06, 2018 05:25PM
Re: Failure To Report.	Chris Walker	August 07, 2018 12:56AM
Re: Failure To Report.	Paul Davenport	August 07, 2018 06:27PM
Re: Al Harper: If all goes according to plan, train will never shut down again because of fire danger	AZ Railfan	August 06, 2018 06:10PM
News, print in particular. (OT)	hank	August 07, 2018 10:23AM
Re: News, print in particular. (OT)	kcsivils	August 07, 2018 02:49PM
Re: News, print in particular. (OT)	Steve Thompson	August 07, 2018 02:56PM
Re: News, print in particular. (OT)	Jerry474	August 07, 2018 03:04PM
Re: News, print in particular. (OT)	Chris Walker	August 07, 2018 03:28PM
Re: News, print in particular. (OT)	bcp	August 07, 2018 04:01PM
Re: News - TV "news" in particular. (OT)	Russo Loco	August 08, 2018 08:38PM
Re: If all goes according to plan, train will never quit making iconic puffs of steam . . .	Johnson Barr	August 08, 2018 12:03AM
Re: Al Harper: If all goes according to plan, train will never shut down again because of fire danger	Jerry474	August 06, 2018 02:56PM
Re: Al Harper: If all goes according to plan, train will never shut down again because of fire danger	jim pallow	August 06, 2018 03:30PM
Re: Al Harper: If all goes according to plan, train will never shut down again because of fire danger	Herb Kelsey	August 06, 2018 08:32PM
Re: Al Harper: If all goes according to plan, train will never shut down again because of fire danger	John K	August 06, 2018 06:28PM
Re: Al Harper: If all goes according to plan, train will never shut down again because of fire danger	bcp	August 06, 2018 06:59PM
Re: Al Harper: If all goes according to plan, train will never shut down again because of fire danger	Jeff Taylor	August 06, 2018 09:22PM
Oil versus coal	John West	August 06, 2018 09:48PM
Re: Oil versus coal	John Cole	August 06, 2018 09:57PM
Re: Oil versus coal	jim pallow	August 08, 2018 07:14AM
Re: Oil versus coal	John Cole	August 08, 2018 08:11AM
Re: Oil versus coal	Russo Loco	August 08, 2018 06:04PM
Re: Oil versus coal	Chris Walker	August 08, 2018 07:13PM
Re: Al Harper: If all goes according to plan, train will never shut down again because of fire danger	Chiloquinruss	August 08, 2018 07:39PM
Re: Al Harper: If all goes according to plan, train will never shut down again because of fire danger	Ron Keagle	August 09, 2018 07:01AM
Re: Al Harper: If all goes according to plan, train will never shut down again because of fire danger	Wayne Hoskin	August 10, 2018 05:55AM
Re: Al Harper: If all goes according to plan, train will never shut down again because of fire danger	drgwk37	August 10, 2018 06:36AM

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