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submitted 1 day ago by doomsdayrs@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

A steam locomotive is known to be able to pull more then any pure combustion engine locomotive. (Uncited)

Why didn't oil fired steam locomotives take off?

This started when I watched: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hszu80NJ438

During the runtime, it mentioned oil fired retrofits.

I search it up, and found one.

It was an overview video of a modern retrofit, and it seems to not be too difficult to retrofit, even using the same steam blaster to spread the oil in the smoke box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up1UaMVnv4M

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[-] aedelred@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I'm always interested in learning stuff and your short but detailed explanation rocks! Thanks and keep up the good work.

this post was submitted on 16 Mar 2025
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