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Oil Firing

Discussion in 'Steam Traction' started by RalphW, Jun 4, 2010.

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  1. clinker

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    From what I've read Stratford were, once again, streets ahead of the others, having a 'small' coal fired grate which was lit with the 'rag on a stick' and kept burning, thus being a form of pilot light.
     
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    Or possibly not. The GER had oil fired T19 locos around 1900.
     
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    Hydraulic transmission is still widely used I believe in DMUs and industrials but I guess you are referring to mainline locos. At the time hydraulic transmission (which generally seems to include the ones with automatic gearboxes and fluid couplings) looked pretty attractive at c. 80t for a Warship cf. 130t+ for a Peak or Class 40.
     
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    The SECR system (which Holcroftvsaid was based on the Derby system) had the same, the reason given by Holcroft being to maintain a more even temperature in the back corners of the box when the oil supply was shut off.

    Tom
     
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    Umm, whatever the technical merits, a solution that requires the operator to keep a coal storage and distribution infrastructure alongside the new oil one is a lot less than ideal from the POV of logistics.
     
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