smd4 posted:I imagine some of the firemen are gonna be pretty happy about this. It will be much easier on them in a number of ways.
True, once they all learn the tricks of firing with oil. The down side will be for shop forces, as historically coal burner fireboxes were generally good for 15 years of service, while oil burner fireboxes had to be renewed at about 10 years. Lots of potential big temperature swings with resulting stresses on oil burners.