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SouthernMike posted:
Hot Water posted:
GenesisFan99 posted:

I do really appreciate you offering your knowledge as I know you are a 4449 fireman and thus know all about steam, how it works, and firing a big oil-fired 4-8-4.
UP Challenger #3985, was even more of a "challenge" than either UP 844 or SP 4449.

Are articulated locomotives more difficult to fire in general, or are you just speaking to that particular engine?

Just that particular locomotive, since it was converted from coal to oil burning (as a coal burner, she was relatively easy). Once 3985 was "re-drafted" for more intake air in the firebox, plus the addition of MUCH MORE firebrick (in about 2002) around the side sheets and door sheet in the firebox, she was much easier to fire.

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