Matt Ritchie Wrote:
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> J.B.Bane Wrote:
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> > I really enjoyed the vidoes, but I take some
> > umbrage with the remark about firing with coal,
> > something I have never had the opportunity to
> do
> > on a locomotive. Yet I have heated my home
> with
> > coal many years ago and have an appreciation
> for
> > how many btu's a shovel full is worth. So at
> the
> > risk of seeming contrary, you have not worked
> so
> > hard till you have fired a tonnage train with
> > wood. The shear cubic volume fed into the
> firebox
> > to do the same work as a few shovels full of
> the
> > black diamonds is something to consider. Yeh
> you
> > are right about oil. It smells bad and has
> been
> > known to burn up your shoe laces.(Inside joke
> with
> > one of my friends)
> Any one want to fire wood come to Pawnee OK in May
> I fire 7=10 chords over a 3 day event LOL
On what? Didn't know there was a steam loco operating in Pawnee, OK. Looks like steamlocomotive.info is lying to me again....
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