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Re: Tri-X archives: 4449 Sanding the Flues?
Author: Craig Tambo
Date: 08-05-2013 - 10:31
SP4460 Wrote:
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> Sanding the flues does look like this, however.
> There seem to be some people standing by the
> track. Photo runby maybe? Sanding the flues
> enroute occasionally would seem to make for better
> conductivity between the exhaust gas and the
> surfaces of the fire tubes and the boiler water.
> All that carbon buildup could be a pretty good
> insulator. How would "bad fuel" be the answer.
> Weren't they just using regular diesel? Just a
> couple of guesses.
There were no photo runbys that day, and people were "standing by the track" everywhere. The smoke situation pretty much looked like that the whole trip. I've seen several runbys where the flues were sanded, however, so I know what you mean.
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> Sanding the flues does look like this, however.
> There seem to be some people standing by the
> track. Photo runby maybe? Sanding the flues
> enroute occasionally would seem to make for better
> conductivity between the exhaust gas and the
> surfaces of the fire tubes and the boiler water.
> All that carbon buildup could be a pretty good
> insulator. How would "bad fuel" be the answer.
> Weren't they just using regular diesel? Just a
> couple of guesses.
There were no photo runbys that day, and people were "standing by the track" everywhere. The smoke situation pretty much looked like that the whole trip. I've seen several runbys where the flues were sanded, however, so I know what you mean.
