trainrider47 Wrote:
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> Bob,
>
> CFR, the Romanian State Railways used a dual coal
> and oil system on their standard gauge lines. I
> don't know if any narrow gauge engines were so
> equipped. My understanding was they would
> maintain the coal fire as a glowing bed of coke
> and then spray oil over the fire bed as needed.
> Locomotives had coal tenders with a smaller oil
> tank mounted in the back. They could make some
> great smoke for photo runbys this way!
>
>
>
> The photo is of a US built Pershing 2-8-0, class
> 140 on CFR. Supplied to Romania after WW I.
> Photo dates to 1999. My understanding is that
> there is little if any operational steam in
> Romania at the present time.
>
> Michael Allen
So..... If that is a Pershing 2-8-0, it is the same as TSR 300 - T&G 28. I didn't think any of them survived beyond the two that are in the US.