Re: D&RGW 346 approaching No Auga tank

rehunn Wrote:
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> Hmmm, for a few dollars I could see some advice on
> converting it to run
> on very clean CNG. Tender has plenty of room for a
> set of tanks, you'd
> never know the difference and just assume that the
> fireman was doing a
> heck of a job with such a clean stack.


By the application of the Ridgway spark arrestor (bear trap) on 346 it has done a great job to eliminate fires. The beartrap utilizes a series of screens & baffles to break up the cinders and keep them in the "down" pipe. The CRRM had this unit fabricated from scratch and is built identical to the C&S originals. 491 has a cyclone spark arrestor unit in the smoke box which breaks up the cinders and from old reports is very efficent. What's a Cyclone? Someone can give the particulars I don't have time.
As for converting 346 to CNG, WE are OK with the local fire district. Hopefully she can continue to burn coal as God, Baldwin and Bob Richardson intended.