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trainrider47

September 21, 2020 09:52AM

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Rovos Rail in South Africa installed an automatic unit in one of their class 25-NC 4-8-4's when they converted it to oil. There was a big red box on the backhead with several push buttons. It looked like a large version of my old oil burning furnace at home.

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