Re: Oil? Coal?
| June 26, 2014 07:07PM |
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Russo Loco Wrote:
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> One of the main reasons U.P. #3985 was converted
> from coal to oil is that it is a LOT easier to
> pump oil into a tank than to use a manual
> Skip-loader (or a mechanical skip-loader) to fill
> a coal bunker. "Wooding up" is even more of
> a chore - just ask Ditty Markoff ... *
>
Russo .... the thought occurred to me (they do that sometimes) that you should create "Green Coal..." the power companies and coal miners would be really appreciative!
Skip Luke
Switchman (ret): Grand Canyon Railway;
Engineer (ret): Georgetown Loop RR Inc., Sumpter Valley Ry., Monticello & Sangamon Valley;
Dispatcher(ret): Illinois Central, White Pass & Yukon, Burlington Northern Ry.
Mariner, Musician, Miner
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> One of the main reasons U.P. #3985 was converted
> from coal to oil is that it is a LOT easier to
> pump oil into a tank than to use a manual
> Skip-loader (or a mechanical skip-loader) to fill
> a coal bunker. "Wooding up" is even more of
> a chore - just ask Ditty Markoff ... *
>
Russo .... the thought occurred to me (they do that sometimes) that you should create "Green Coal..." the power companies and coal miners would be really appreciative!
Skip Luke
Switchman (ret): Grand Canyon Railway;
Engineer (ret): Georgetown Loop RR Inc., Sumpter Valley Ry., Monticello & Sangamon Valley;
Dispatcher(ret): Illinois Central, White Pass & Yukon, Burlington Northern Ry.
Mariner, Musician, Miner
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