Steam & Excursion > C&TSRR = 463 = Fire

05-22-17 The Antonito crew lit a fire in 463 today.

Roger Hogan
Chama, NM
Train Stuff

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What is the appliance off the top of the stack? Is it a
camera or some type of sensor? I note the cable attached to it.
My G-Scale 463 doesn't have it but could if it is integral to
the locomotive. Thanks in advance and I love the simple video. Good show !

462pacific Wrote:
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> What is the appliance off the top of the stack? Is
> it a
> camera or some type of sensor? I note the cable
> attached to it.
> My G-Scale 463 doesn't have it but could if it is
> integral to
> the locomotive. Thanks in advance and I love the
> simple video. Good show !


I think some kind of fan to help get the fire going better. Thanks for your nice words.

Roger Hogan
Chama, NM
Train Stuff

Great video. Hard to believe Ill be there in 3 days! :)

wigwag Wrote:
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> Great video. Hard to believe Ill be there in 3
> days! :)

Bring extra memory for your cameras.

Roger Hogan
Chama, NM
Train Stuff

wigwag Wrote:
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> Great video. Hard to believe Ill be there in 3
> days! :)

I will down there also. Can't wait! Are you riding out of Antonito?

Mike

Such stack fans are very commonly used when firing off "Live Steamers." There is just not enough thermal lift in a 1/8 scale stack. Running the loco's blower from a trackside compressed air supply is also very common.

AlaskaGP49 Wrote:
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> wigwag Wrote:
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> > Great video. Hard to believe Ill be there in 3
> > days! :)
>
> I will down there also. Can't wait! Are you riding
> out of Antonito?
>
> Mike

If you are talking to me I will be on the ground with my cameras & drone.

Roger Hogan
Chama, NM
Train Stuff

Kimball Wrote:
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> Such stack fans are very commonly used when firing
> off "Live Steamers." There is just not enough
> thermal lift in a 1/8 scale stack. Running the
> loco's blower from a trackside compressed air
> supply is also very common.

Thanks for the information.

Roger Hogan
Chama, NM
Train Stuff

Kimball Wrote:
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> Such stack fans are very commonly used when firing
> off "Live Steamers." There is just not enough
> thermal lift in a 1/8 scale stack. Running the
> loco's blower from a trackside compressed air
> supply is also very common.


At the the Colorado Railroad Museum ±50 years ago we used the exhaust from an old garden-variety canister vacuum cleaner. It worked, barely......

lowwater Wrote:
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> Kimball Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
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> > Such stack fans are very commonly used when
> firing
> > off "Live Steamers." There is just not enough
> > thermal lift in a 1/8 scale stack. Running
> the
> > loco's blower from a trackside compressed air
> > supply is also very common.
>
>
> At the the Colorado Railroad Museum ±50 years ago
> we used the exhaust from an old garden-variety
> canister vacuum cleaner. It worked, barely......

You do what you got to do to get it done.

Roger Hogan
Chama, NM
Train Stuff