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Earl

August 16, 2010 02:55PM

Registered: 16 years ago
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If there is another hot locomotive handy, a steam hose from the live engine to the dead one will allow the appliances to work on the dead engine. Fill the tender at the water plug, hook up the steam hose, and use the dead engine's injectors to fill it's own boiler. An added plus is you end up with a boiler of hot water, reducing fireup time by an hour or so.

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Filling a cold boiler	CharlieMcCandless	August 14, 2010 07:36AM
Re: Filling a cold boiler	Dirk Ramsey	August 15, 2010 10:38AM
Re: Filling a cold boiler	Tomstp	August 16, 2010 02:51PM
Re: Filling a cold boiler	Earl	August 16, 2010 02:55PM

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