If you think hand feeding your stove is tricky, or tough..... watch this how-to video.
Paul
How'd ya like to hand feed this stove ?
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Nice find Paul!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Neat Paul. My BIL is retired and volunteers as an engineman on a coastal cruiser, SS Bohuslan. It was built in 1914 at a time when coastal transport was one of the primary means of inter city travel in Sweden. The Bohuslan is still powered by a three cylinder triple expansion steam engine. The boiler was converted to oil some time ago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_steam_engine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_steam_engine
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I think this is one of the coolest videos I've seen. I didnt think he was going to ever stop shoveling coal into the boiler! Did/ do steam engines always use bituminous coal or did they use anthracite also
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Remember that the trains were a business that need to make a profit. They used whatever fuel was least expensive locally.
While anthracite has more BTU per pound, and burned cleaner with less risk of sparks, it's an eastern coal. Shipping it out west would have cost much more than locally mined soft coal. More than what could be gained.
Same with local wood verses faraway coal mines.
Paul
While anthracite has more BTU per pound, and burned cleaner with less risk of sparks, it's an eastern coal. Shipping it out west would have cost much more than locally mined soft coal. More than what could be gained.
Same with local wood verses faraway coal mines.
Paul
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Thank you, that's mind of along the lines I was thinking! Guess it wouldn't have made sense to haul your fuel from the east out westSunny Boy wrote: ↑Tue. Jan. 07, 2020 12:39 pmRemember that the trains were a business that need to make a profit. They used whatever fuel was least expensive locally.
While anthracite has more BTU per pound, and burned cleaner with less risk of sparks, it's an eastern coal. Shipping it out west would have cost much more than locally mined soft coal. More than what could be gained.
Same with local wood verses faraway coal mines.
Paul
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Thanks for sharing that video Sunny, I enjoyed watching it!