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Reply to "Big Boy #4014 moves under power for the first time in over 50 years • The UP is bringing out the 4014, see schedule 🚂"

trainroomgary posted:

Two discussion questions:

#1 - On the outside of the 4014 where is the inlets for the oil burner?

#2 - On a car we have an air cleaner with a filter. Is there a filter system for the oil burners to keep out dust & dirt?

No Big Boy expert, but on most oil burners, the burner itself is positioned at the front of the fire box, between the frames. You normally wouldn't easily be able to see it.

No, no filters are used. In fact, on an oil burner, great quantities of sand are deposited into the firebox in order to scour the tubes and flues of soot!

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