Hot Water, how much does it cost to get a 63 Pontiac Gran Prix pulled off the Gauley River Bank, back on the road.
........Brandy!
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Originally Posted by Brandy:
Hot Water, how much does it cost to get a 63 Pontiac Gran Prix pulled off the Gauley River Bank, back on the road.........Brandy!
$20.
Hot, I heard that story at our Train Club Meeting last night, and thought it very funny. Reminded of stuff I got involved with as a kid/young man. Ernie Clay was the story teller, as I think he said he did some volunteer work at BC&G RR 60's/70's or at least until the end of their railroad operations..................Brandy!
I understood that the $20.00 bill made that log truck driver the richest man of that community!
Originally Posted by Brandy:
Hot, I heard that story at our Train Club Meeting last night, and thought it very funny.
He most likely read the story, posted on Trainorders.com (Nostalgia & History board) Thursday (yesterday) morning, by my buddy Ed Kaspriske who was there.
Well Jack, sometime back I was telling Ernie about a guy they called "Hot Water" on this forum, and about your experiences in steam. When I said that you were retired from EMD, his ears perked up, and ask what your given was, and I said that I didn't know, then the next day, Rich Melvin told your name concerning a post, well what ever. I emailed him, and he said that he wanted me to ask you about your involvement with the BC&G RR, which you told me previously.
He may have remembered this story from hearing about it long ago, or like you said, he read it on another forum post. It was a good story, as there are multitudes of stories concerning the railroad........Thanks for sharing "Hot".... Your steam experiences preceed you.
Jack, if you would have the time, could you post something showing the works of an oil burning locomotive, tender thru the burner operation. We used high pressure/high temp oil and steam atomization in the Oil Refinery where I spent my working life. I understand that well.
I remember years ago, Ashland Oil developed a bunker "C" that a pure a product that we made, high BTU from percentages of Asphalt Cement, and 0% ash, and sulfer. If you started off with all clean tanks and equipment, their was no residual, to hamper the operations.
Just wondering how the oil burning system worked on old oil fired steam locomotives, and I knew that you would be the one to enlighten anybody/me who were interested........................................Thanks in Advance ....................Brandy
Originally Posted by Brandy:
Jack, if you would have the time, could you post something showing the works of an oil burning locomotive, tender thru the burner operation.
To be honest, I have no way of scanning/photographing that information from any of my technical books. However, I am sure that such information is available in the internet, someplace.
We used high pressure/high temp oil and steam atomization in the Oil Refinery where I spent my working life. I understand that well.
Oil fired steam locomotives have steam heating coils within the fuel bunker/tank for heating the Bunker "C" of the old days. The hot oil is then gravity feed (except on SP cab forward locomotives, which carry about 12psi air pressure in the tender oil tank) to the firing valve under the Fireman's side of the cab. The oil pipe, usually wrapped in insulation, runs down the underside of the firepan, makes a 90 degree turn inward to the center forward area of the firebox, and then another 90 degree turn into the burner assembly.
The burner assembly has a wide rectangular port ( about 4 to 6 inches wide and about 1 inch high) for the oil to exit. Directly under that "oil exit port" is a slot with an opening about as thick as a hacksaw blade, where the steam exits and sprays (atomizes) the oil into the huge flame.
The whole system is really pretty simple, with the Fireman controlling the oil volume and atomizer force as needed.
I remember years ago, Ashland Oil developed a bunker "C" that a pure a product that we made, high BTU from percentages of Asphalt Cement, and 0% ash, and sulfer. If you started off with all clean tanks and equipment, their was no residual, to hamper the operations.
Just wondering how the oil burning system worked on old oil fired steam locomotives, and I knew that you would be the one to enlighten anybody/me who were interested........................................Thanks in Advance ....................Brandy
For what it's worth, I went back and checked my records, and the B&W photo taken by Ed Kaspriske shows that it was actually my nice new 1962 Pontiac Ventura model.
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