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You almost have to custome treat water for each well.  And it doesnot take a long time for scale to ruin a boiler with bad water.  I am thinking about a particular 4-8-4 which did not get properly treated water....

Proper water treatment methods is only part of the story with big, modern steam locomotives, either "back in the day" or currently. The other VERY important factors are: 1) proper REGULAR boiler washes (the ICC, now FRA, requires a MINIMUM of once every 30 days), but the worse the water is, the more often proper boiler washes were performed, 2) regular use of the blowdown devices by both the Engineer & Fireman (the worse the water conditions, then the more often the blowdown devices MUST be used).

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