[modeleng] Re: [modeleng]Pellets

Thanks Jesse,
It will be interesting to read the repy.
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "JESSE LIVINGSTON" <fernj1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 10:26 AM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: [modeleng]Pellets


> Yeah Charles,
>
> It's obvious you been reading too much Mark Twain.  He mentioned that
> fact/myth in "The Innocents Abroad".  Made some quip about the need to
keep
> a few royal mummies on hand in the tenders as they gave off better grades
of
> steam than the plebeians did and so were better suited when pulling a
steep
> grade!.  I read somewhere, some time that a lot of the mummies were
imported
> to England be ground up for fertilizer.
>
> I did make a post to the Chaski list about using corn as fuel, but Friday
> nights are pretty slim since everyone is apparently out spending their pay
> checks at the pubs or houses of ill repute!
>
> Jesse
>
>
> > FWIW, the Egyptians used to burn mummies in their steam locos....
Charles
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