[SEL] Interesting old advert....smoke stack?

[Alan Bowen]

Hi Peter,
Burning wood, or coal, that smoke stack was where they sent the steam after the piston used it so it would speed up the draft.  That made the fire burn hotter.
Just maybe the shape of the stack is what they figured would make the most difference.
 
Come see this at the Buckley show.  Every night during the show they hook up a steam traction engine to the Prony Brake and throw in a few shovels full of sawdust.  Then they use the Prony Brake to put a load on the engine and the stack puts out a spark shower WAY up in the air.  
 
Alan

peter ogborne <jopeter at omninet.net.au> wrote:
Jerry.........something I have often wondered about is why do old time US 
loco's have that distinctive smoke stack ? Is it that they burnt wood or is 
there another reason ?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Evans" 
To: ; 
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 10:01 PM
Subject: [SEL] Interesting old advert


> Hi List
> I just came across this interesting old advert on our local "Sandstone
> Estates" site which came from "Farm Mechanization" Magazine about the 
> coast
> to coast raillink in Utah in 1869.
>
> I thought you may like to share - especially those in the U.S.A.
>
> >
> While you are there have a look at the rest of their site especially
> "Sandstone Heritage Trust".
>
> 
>
> If you get as far as the Stationary Engine Inventory:
>
> 
>
> I took the photos and put up the webpage for them. I will also be going
> there soon to photograph their vintage tractor collection - they have more
> than 200.
>
> Hope you enjoy it
> Best regards
> Jerry Evans in S.A.

		
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