In the late 19th century Union Pacific had an honest-to-gosh camelback (or mother hubbard, as they where often called). I think the plan was to burn lignite, a poor quality coal that is close to flammable dirt.
Pieter E. Roos --- On Fri, 8/12/11, Bob Werre <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Bob Werre <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} AF Atlantic plastic boiler > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, August 12, 2011, 10:52 AM > Tom, > > I wouldn't put money on it, but I recall something about > the MKT trying > a camelback. I have no idea or any information about > it, since the hard > coal wasn't commonly available around it's territory and > the MKT > commonly used oil to fire their engines. It might be > worthwhile to do a > little research when you want to waste some time. On > the other hand you > could be the first to actually run a camelback on MKT > trackage in > Missouri and amaze you friends! > > Perhaps one of our MKT fans--Billy Click could shed some > light on that. > > Bob Werre > > > > On 8/12/11 7:24 AM, Thomas Baker wrote: > > > > I recall that Frank at one point offered a Reading > 2-8-0 with the > > boiler made from the shell of an AF platic Atlantic or > perhaps from > > two such as part of the Leheigh Valley Models series > and pictured in > > one of his catalogs. How long he offered it I don't > know. I would have > > bought it, but it looked like nothing that steamed > down the tracks in > > Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, or Missouri. > > > > Tom > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [email protected] > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
