Sawyer463 Wrote:
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> 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....


Steam and gas eng show first weekend of May I got a 500hp Corlis to fire for and a 100 hp Frick youtube Pawnee OK steam show I do have whistles LOL shay29772003 youtube thanks Matt