I used to work along the tracks by the Amtrak office. There were a number of trains sitting on side rails chugging away day and night with nobody onboard. Upon occasion one would be sitting and not running. It was entertaining when they tried to light it off. Always a summer event. Massive Delta engines would sound as if somehow they used a howitzer shell to kickstart rotation. Must have had APU that slowly spun the shafts up, compressing air and injecting fuel and all the while this thing is farting like a mexican giant with belching black clouds out the stack until it would light, but still had the shaking and belch/fart staccato for five minutes until the engine was warmed up. Then it sat puffing/purring along for a few days. At least I thought it was the same engine/train when I showed up to work the next day.
Clay > On Jan 6, 2022, at 3:56 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > Jet A is very nearly kerosene which is similar to diesel fuel > anyway.Locomotives use bunker fuel, like big ships do.When I was just out of > high school I worked land surveying along the railroad between Boston and > Portland, Maine. I noticed that the locos stayed running all the time. I > asked once if the loco got shut down and completely cooled down how long it > would take to get it running again. The answer was "It'd start again in May" > this was in November... > -Curt _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
