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Reply to "Smoking Locomotives"

Our oil burner at the New Hope Valley Ry. in central NC will smoke, but not as a matter of "show." It's possible to keep it to a minimum, or even non-existent when at rest, but when starting with a heavy train, she'll smoke as the fireman attempts to create as large a fire as possible. Our firebox is only a few square feet in area (exceedingly tiny) and this may account for the creation of smoke. It simply is impossible to get the fire to the strength we need without some smoke. So in our instance, it's very practical. When running at a comfortable lope, we keep a "gray haze" at the stack (smoke, but not very much).

 

And Kevin, I've never seen a clear issuance of steam from cylinder cocks, no matter the tempurature. There are always white clouds.

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