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John Craft

July 10, 2005 09:49AM

There were no narrow-gauge 2-8-2s fitted with feedwater heaters. But I wouldn't be surprised to find out that some standard-gauge Ks got one.
Feedwater heaters were rare on older, smaller power because of economics. The cost to acquire, install and maintain a feedwater heater might not result in enough fuel savings to pay for itself in a reasonable time. But installing a few, as a controlled experiment to determine actual cost savings, is easy to believe.
JAC

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Feedwater heaters on the K series	Bill Pratt	July 09, 2005 09:55PM
Re: Feedwater heaters on the K series	Kevin Bush	July 10, 2005 05:38AM
Re: Feedwater heaters on the K series	Mike Trent	July 10, 2005 07:57AM
Re: Feedwater heaters on the K series	Donald Foster	July 10, 2005 08:05PM
Re: Feedwater heaters on the K series	John Craft	July 10, 2005 09:49AM
Re: Feedwater heaters on the K series	Chris Ahrens	July 10, 2005 06:41PM
Re: Feedwater heaters on the K series	Trevor Hartford	July 12, 2005 03:18PM
Re: Feedwater heaters on the K series	Chris Ahrens	July 14, 2005 06:40PM

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