Greg Scholl Wrote:
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> (2) I just realized there are 2 things I really
> like about the appearance of the 493. One is the
> clean front smokebox area of a freshly shopped
> D&RGW engine, and the second is the lack of a
> stack cinder cover. Can I assume no stack cover
> will be needed due to it burning oil?
>
> 493 seems to be running quite well.
>
> Greg

Others on this board are more knowledgeable than I am but I believe that the stack cinder cover's purpose was to catch cinders.
Since burning oil does not produce cinders like burning coal does, I do not believe a stack cinder cover will be needed.