[modeleng] Re: Fuel

Peter,

Thanks for the info on hand firing those Fairlies.  I always wondered how
one could manage inside the cab with the fire doors on the sides of the
boilers.  Now I see, you have to stick parts of your anatomy outside the cab
to load the grates.

Now, why would some idiot of a bureaucrat come up with some sort of
regulations concerning the diameter of the air piping?  I mean, usually
pipes (at least here in the USA) are tested to about 1,000 PSI (453 KG) per
square inch.  I doubt that anyone's compressor will reach that kind of
pressure except maybe in an industrial setting.

Jesse in the North American Colonies.

> The discussion on char has been interesting.
>
> There are often good reasons for wanting to change the source of fuel.
I've
> just spent a few days in the workshops on the Ffestiniog Railway - North
> Wales and narrow gauge (1.11.5") - which was great fun.  The railway
> survives mainly on volunteers, although there are some fantastic local
> employees.
>
> All of the locos owned by the Ffestiniog are oil fired.  Double headed
> Fairlies predominate.  With two side on boilers they are impossible to
fire
> without pulling the shovel and your arm outside the loco.  With very
narrow
> gaps much of the way this can be particularly hazardous - so oil made
> sense - and change most and the rest follow, even Prince, the oldest steam
> loco in the world still operational.  It certainly makes for an easier
life
> for drivers and firemen.

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