Re: [BRHSlist] 4978

["Marshall Thayer" <zephyr9903@e...>]

>> I have a question that maybe some of you can answer, about how long from the 
>> time the fire was lit in a Mike like the 4978 until they would have enuff 
>> steam to go to work <<

I understand that a large engine steams about as fast as a smaller one - it 
generally takes about an hour and a half to bring the Midwest Central narrow 
gauge locos up to full operating pressure from dead cold.

Marshall Thayer










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