Re: Customer feedback on oil fuel conversion

Kelly Anderson Wrote:
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> kbarnett Wrote:
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> > After firing NW 611 thousands of miles, with
> > several hundred after dark I only saw a spark
> from
> > the stack 1 time after dark. And it was
> drifting
> > in reverse backing into the yard at Kenova WV,
> it
> > was the only time I saw a spark from her stack.
> So
> > is it the short boiler length or front end that
> > causes all the sparks from the D&RGW
> locomotives?
>
> I wonder if they have leaks in their front ends,
> allowing cinders to short circuit the screens. I
> would like to see how #20 does after dark. Her
> front end was pretty tight when we finished with
> her.

She still puts out hot ones at night occasionally. It depends on several things, who's running, who's firing, if you have any slack in the tender.

Jeff Taylor
CRRM curator of equipment and rolling stock.