The ballast maintains the airflow through the bars so the bars don’t over heat. Secondly the clinkers have something to adhere to rather than the...
If you put some ballast or limestone over the grate before making the fire you protect the bars.
I converted a Snowdon locomotive using innovative technology to solve traditional issues with oil firing. I have subsequently used the knowledge...
The work to do a front end lempor would be significant and beyond economic for a hire locomotive.
The only green paint I found on Esk was on the sand boxes and that was a bright mid green. Never found any other specific colour although I...
I cannot understand any one who would want to make anything less efficient just because. Yes you could put a derivative of a lempor in as a single...
Technically what ever type of chimney you have a doubling of hight gives you an extra 15% of draught. This is effectively what having a double...
My work is nearer Laidlaw practice than the American practice. Either way my system is highly developed beyond what is used by the Americans and...
I don’t know as I never took that one any further. This guy with recycled soya oil turned up and that did me fine.
As an add on note. Once you have the basic setup right provided the fuel is not contaminated with solids that might block the burner, i found that...
No it’s about physical things not academic.
For the last thirty years I’ve worked and specialised in modernising steam locomotives. The main areas I’ve dealt with are combustion and...
Evolution not extinction
In Genral terms yes. The minimum fuel saving is around 10%. That usually goes with better steaming and greater power. That’s because your...
Reliability of steaming can be improved with the correct combustion technology for a given fuel. By improving the fuel efficiency you are also...
There’s plenty of greener fuels beyond coal. Some are renewable or waste products. That I don’t see as the issue. What I do see is that people...
See Porta’s papers from ASTT or Camden. Form experience they contain good practice.
I still think it's a pity the SMR haven't gone down the modern steam route. Half a dozen new locos for normal services, keep the original locos...
The state of SMR motive power is poor. Some of the logic escapes me but the days of having seven steam and four diesels available in the 1990’s is...
Above is talk about Monarch. My first involvement was with this loco when at FR. There’s much you could say of this loco. What I want to point out...
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