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Re: Question for Hot Water Evil UMW? Evil California????? Isn't there really a "simpler" explanation?
Author: synonymouse
Date: 05-05-2019 - 19:15
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"Coal strikes in 1946 and again in 1952 pushed the UP to convert locomotives to oil. By the end of 1946, all 4-8-4s on the system were made to burn oil. The 844 had just received a new Master Mechanic's front end, only to have it stripped out for the oil conversion all in the same year.
Some 4-6-6-4s, were converted to burn oil in 1945, for use on passenger trains on the OWR&N, with others coming in 1952. During the 1952 miner's strike, Cheyenne was converting one locomotive a day to burn oil, a process which only stopped due to the strike's end. During the strike, the UP also borrowed oil-burnig Santa Fe 2-10-4s."
"Coal strikes in 1946 and again in 1952 pushed the UP to convert locomotives to oil. By the end of 1946, all 4-8-4s on the system were made to burn oil. The 844 had just received a new Master Mechanic's front end, only to have it stripped out for the oil conversion all in the same year.
Some 4-6-6-4s, were converted to burn oil in 1945, for use on passenger trains on the OWR&N, with others coming in 1952. During the 1952 miner's strike, Cheyenne was converting one locomotive a day to burn oil, a process which only stopped due to the strike's end. During the strike, the UP also borrowed oil-burnig Santa Fe 2-10-4s."
