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Tomstp

December 01, 2020 07:52PM

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I don't see how any change of fuel would affect tractive effort. Keeping the steam pressure on the peg with coal, oil, propane, gas or whatever would do nothing to increase T E.in my opinion. Raising the boiler pressure could increase it. Oil would make the fireman's job a little easier not shoveling several tons of coal.

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