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Brian Norden

September 25, 2001 07:09PM

I remember reading a story. I believe it was in one of the Lathrop books.
One of the Rio Grande steamers (maybe 375) just would not steam. Fire it the way you fire all of the other engines and you could not produce enough steam. Then one day he just dumped the coal in front of the firebox door instead of spreading it around. This is what the engine needed; the fire was hotter and the boiler produced more steam than before.
Poor steaming can be caused by many a different condition.
Brian Norden

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Once a poor steamer, always a poor steamer?	Kevin	September 24, 2001 08:43PM
Re: Once a poor steamer, always a poor steamer?	Bruce Pryor	September 24, 2001 10:12PM
Re: Once a poor steamer, always a poor steamer?	George B.	September 24, 2001 10:34PM
69 was built a slide valved soak(saturated) NM	Paul D	September 25, 2001 08:31AM
69 was built superheated	Bruce Pryor	September 25, 2001 05:33PM
Re: 69 was built superheated	Paul D	September 26, 2001 10:48AM
Re: Once a poor steamer, always a poor steamer?	Mik	September 25, 2001 08:04AM
Re: Once a poor steamer, always a poor steamer?	Jim Adams	September 25, 2001 09:18AM
Re: Once a poor steamer, always a poor steamer?	Kelly Anderson	September 25, 2001 03:55PM
Re: Once a poor steamer, always a poor steamer?	Brian Norden	September 25, 2001 07:09PM
Re: Once a poor steamer, always a poor steamer?	Scott Green	September 25, 2001 09:54PM
Re: Once a poor steamer, always a poor steamer?	Mik	September 25, 2001 10:23PM
Re: Once a poor steamer, always a poor steamer?	Herb Kelsey	September 30, 2001 03:25PM
Re: Once a poor steamer, always a poor steamer?	Shane Roberts	October 01, 2001 03:48PM
Re: Once a poor steamer, always a poor steamer?	Tom Shreve	September 26, 2001 09:36AM
Re: Once a poor steamer, always a poor steamer?	C.H.Irvin	September 27, 2001 09:02AM
Re: Once a poor steamer, always a poor steamer?	Jim Adams	September 28, 2001 06:00PM

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