RJ>    Why is that? I was surprised to notice that the Big Boy at the 
Fairplex 
RJ> coal, as I thought that all new steam engines by that time were oil 
burners
 The massiiave size of hte fire box makes oil not practical. ALCO actualy 
built a Oil Burning BIGBOY as one of the series. But it just didn't work out 
right. Couldn't maintain any type of even heating of that HUGE crown sheet. 
 And Coal Engines were built for the Eastern Railroads right up to the End of 
Steam Production becasue of the plentiful supply.
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