Re: 493

Kelly Anderson Wrote:
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> C&TS488fan Wrote:
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> > An 0-4-2t a friend of mine owns has a firing
> valve
> > on the engineers side...
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> BEDT #15 (now Thomas) was an oil burner with the
> firing controls all on the right side, I assume so
> one man could run her.
>
> So she didn't lose her fire starting (when the
> engineer was too busy with the throttle), her
> exhaust stand was sawed off at about half height
> and had no nozzle at all, just two great big
> rectangular holes. No harsh draft there! I guess
> that they just ran the blower hard when they
> needed a good draft on the fire. I doubt that
> they had any continuous runs longer than 1/2 mile
> or so anyway.

A fellow on this forum ran the WSLCo #14 at Central City as is by himself for one summer. JP