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El Coke

September 19, 2006 08:05PM

Charlie, with the 480s and 497, getting over the entire railroad without shaking the grates was generally not a problem. The 463,which never fired real well, demanded a clean fire and sometimes the the fire was cleaned at Osier, westbound. Cleaning a fire on the road meant wetting down the ties real well so they would not burn, and a little raking of the ash so it would not sit in a high enough pile to derail the engine. Dumping the ash pan enroute was discouraged because of the fire hazard.

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Shaking the Grates	Charlie McCandless	September 19, 2006 07:24PM
Re: Shaking the Grates	El Coke	September 19, 2006 08:05PM
Re: Shaking the Grates	Charlie McCandless	September 20, 2006 04:37PM
Re: Shaking the Grates	Greg Scholl	September 20, 2006 05:18PM
Shaking the Grates-working it	El Coke	September 20, 2006 06:10PM
Re: Shaking the Grates-working it	Greg Scholl	September 21, 2006 05:57PM

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