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John Cole

July 22, 2005 01:59PM

Hi, I understand that superheated is superior to saturated because of giving you more mileage out of your supply of water. But what are the advantages of superheated over saturated in the pulling power of the locomotive? If all things are equal, such as boiler pressure, cyl bore and stroke, etc. Is there any difference? I had heard that Knotts had converted all of their locos to saturated because of ease of maintainence. Other than more water stops, is there a loss of power?Thanks!

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Superheated vs Saturated	John Cole	July 22, 2005 01:59PM
Re: Superheated vs Saturated	KWilcomb	July 22, 2005 03:27PM
Re: Superheated vs Saturated	earl	July 22, 2005 09:00PM
Re: Superheated vs Saturated	John Cole	July 23, 2005 08:25AM
Re: Superheated vs Saturated	J.B.Bane	July 23, 2005 09:17AM
Re: Superheated vs Saturated	Michael Allen	July 23, 2005 01:02PM
Re: Superheated vs Saturated	earl	July 23, 2005 07:59PM
Re: Superheated vs Saturated	Donald Foster	July 24, 2005 06:47AM
Re: Superheated vs Saturated	earl	July 24, 2005 03:16PM
Re: Superheated vs Saturated	Kevin Bush	July 24, 2005 07:21PM
Re: The "draw"	Douglas vV	July 24, 2005 07:46PM
Re: The "draw"	earl	July 25, 2005 11:56AM

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