HOT WATER: THANK YOU for the clarification! We did have a couple of engineers that ran the engines harder than usual, but they did not last long. A 43 year veteran with the L&N who actually ran steam back in the day, and who I fired under while training to be an engineer, once confided to me that a good steam exhaust had a sound like bacon frying. I am not sure I understood his comment, but I do know that he never worked me hard and he was a good man in that right hand seat! His name was Billy Byrd, and he was once interviewed by Charles Kuralt for his TV show.
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