The Frisco had a fleet of tank cars for diesel fuel, but I'm wondering how they hauled fuel for the oil burning steam engines?? Any thoughts? Thanks, Tom G.
We had our oil delivered at 160 degrees. We kept it at about 130 degrees in the bunker. If it gets too hot, it bakes out some of the good stuff. It was gravity fed to the firing valve and feed adjusted there. There was no pump (except for SP Cab Forwards, which had about 5-10 psi in the bunker), it is atomized by live steam. If it was too cool, we had coils wrapped around the pipe to the burner from the firing valve forward and wrapped in insulation that would heat it. It is kind of a balancing act and works best when the engineer and fireman work together. Or if the fireman knows his railroad and knows when the engineer is going to start working the engine or drifting.
