City of St Louis (NW Modeling List)

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Don't know; but I have witnessed the result of using bad coal when the
Southern was running the C&O 2-8-4 on an excursion from Appalachia to
Norton. They simply ran out of steam, stalled, and had to sit still and
build up enough steam to move the train up the grade. I would guess that
better coal would make the Challenger steam easier. The implication is that
it would increase the effective output. (as opposed to theoretical output)
Jim Nichols

 

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Interesting commentary.  What would be the effect of running better coal in
the Challengers?  Is there such a thing as too hot for the design, or would
it just make them use less coal for the same output?
Mike Rector

 

 

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>The mighty UP never let its superior power be sullied by operating it on

the N&W.  8^)

Sullied?  "Sullied" you say???  Shoot it probably would have been the only
chance that those beasts would have had to run on good coal, as was
mentioned in the Railfan & Railroad article several years ago.  Had they
seen some use on the N&W they might have been named "Champ" not
"Challenger."

-- 
jerry 



 

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