The UP was reluctant to convert its steam locos to oil, because hauling coal
was an important part of their business.
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From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, August 1, 2019 12:34:21 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Union Pacific "Big Boy"
On 7/31/2019 6:18 PM, Bill Pearce wrote:
> Most steam locos ran out of water well before coal or oil. I don't know what
> the UP did, but it would not surprise me that it was converted to oil
> burning.
Lets see if I can find it, ah, saith Wikipedia:
"In August 2016, UP officials announced that restoration work on No. 4014 had
begun . . . One of the most crucial tasks
was converting the coal-burning locomotive to run on No. 5 fuel oil, which was
performed by replacing the firebox grates
with a fire pan and an oil burner. The only other Big Boy so converted was No.
4005, which ran on oil from 1946 until it
was converted back to coal in 1948 due to uneven heating in its large,
single-burner firebox."
Steamy Moose
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