Re: Kentucky Chicken and D&RGW 493

craig Wrote:
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> A year or two ago, the local newspaper ran a
> feature article of a guy that built a steam engine
> automobile that runs on waste restaurant cooking
> oil. According to the article he was driving
> cross country to show it off, and refueling at
> fast food places which are in abundance.
> According to this creator of this automobile, the
> main benefit of his work was to make restaurant
> cooking oil an alternate fuel for automobiles
> thereby making french fry oil live a second life.
> Now imaging engine 493 taking a train to Silverton
> running on waste restaurant cooking oil. Imagine
> the added dimension to the sense of smell as the
> engine crosses the highway at Hermosa. No more
> coal scent, but one replaced with a subliminal
> urge to go to a fast food restaurant and order
> fish or chicken. Burned french fry oil might add
> a new dimension to railfanning we don't have right
> now. Who knows, watching a former coal fired
> steam engine cross in front of you might make you
> hungry and earn brownie points with those people
> that want coal to disappear. What BTU output can
> be expected from waste restaurant oil compared to
> burning waste motor oil?
> Craig MIller

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"On another note, I was pacing #18 out of Williams one day and I swear they were using recycled cooking oil. It helped the next McDonald's I came to, sell an extra meal. That could help the local economy"

It wasn't my imagination as I've learned since.