Re: 4014 Burning coal 2020
Author: Hot Water
Date: 11-09-2019 - 18:22
Nudge Wrote:
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> Don't know about coal withe BB but I never met
> anyone that could shovel enough coal the length of
> that firebox/boiler.
>
> I hope they kept the "old" parts of the stoker.
> maybe? What a waist of time and labor.
>
> Use the KISS theory and it will fall into place.
>
>
> Nudge
Did you forget that the original tender (coal) from 4014 is still sitting in Cheyenne, intact? That said, the current manager "donated" all the coal grates to the Milwaukee 261 group. Thus, returning 4014 back to coal burning would be a little more expensive, if such a folly was even considered.