Challengers and coal

[NW Modeling List]

--- On Wed, 2/24/10, NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

> 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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Trying to keep this on the lite side, I believe the Challengers Clinchfield got from D&RGW were of the same design as the last UP Challengers, so they must have run on some decent coal on CRR. ;-)

Mark Peele
Catonsville, MD