Quote Originally Posted by McRib View Post
Wonder if it could be converted to diesel. Make the tender one big tank then feed the boiler lije a propane bbq. Prob couldn't get it hot enough id bet.
Not even close. They used bunker C back in the day. If you go to traveltown over by Griffeth park, there is an old UP switcher stored over there that still drips it out of the tender. It's the original stuff....kinda cool. Messy but cool. The engine has a HUGE appetite, so it will be interesting to see how they do with getting oil into it. The main question for me has been this.....there are no pistons, piston rods, crossheads, main rods, eccentric cranks, eccentric rods, combination levers, or union links, it also looks like the valves, valve stems, and valve crossheads are gone, too. Wonder how they plan to power the lubricators that put oil in the shoes and wedges, slide plate bearing, buffer, trailing truck pedestals, etc. Those were operated by the valve motion that has been removed.