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makinawdandy6699 (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
I'll tell you a true story. My great uncle worked for many years on the Canadian National Railways. He worked in a small town in norther Ontario. One very cold (minus 30) winter day, the toilets, sinks, plumbing etc. in the station froze. What did they do? They brought the locomotive up to the station house. Then they hooked the plumbing pipes up to the locomotive. They let'er rip... Can you guess what happened? It was like a bomb went off.
Tonytambe (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
Strong Train
PLSteamer (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
You call that a small engne!?
Shalinar45 (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
I'd love to hear this guy REALLY open up the throttle. This is another one you could call "Big Noise From Winetca"
brainman214 (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
Nice Alco steamer!Ii used too see simmiillar oones by my house on the old L&N Grranite sub here.Thanks for sharing
chadwickdf8b (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
nice steam engine!
ernietube1 (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
Its a great little loco. Your involvement with its restoration is commendable.
I am not sure about not having a brick arch, Certainly would make firing difficult as radiant heat from red hot brick contribute much to ignition of coal. Still, I guess I am being too critical. Like not having boiler insulation.
In Australia, we apparently have very strict regulations on boiler operations. We would not get approval to operate any steam loco with these operational short cuts.
spencermcgrew (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
It makes for a good movie though :P
spencermcgrew (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
In the beginning of the video the black smoke is from the fireman adding fresh coal to the fire, in preparation for the climb up the hill. This locomotive does not have a brick arch so we try to avoid adding coal when the engine is laboring. You may notice that near the end of the clip the smoke turned black again, indicating that more coal was being added.
ernietube1 (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
If you want to see a real smoke show , go to-
Garretts- Double AD 60 Class with Coal Trains near Newcastle |
