Safe bet! It was not Bunker C. That junk is too thick
to flow, except on a hot summer day. UP "big Blow"
turbines used it because it would burn after heated so
it would flow. My guess is #2 heating oil because it
is available everywhere. Also no tax on heating oil.
Diesel fuel is taxed as motor vehicle fuel by all
states, you need extra paper work to get exempted from
the tax, paper work means added labor cost.
--- Myron & Lois Dudenbostel <myroloi@egyptian.net>
wrote:
> Rupert,
> What grade of oil did the steamers use? Was it #1,
> #2 heating oil, #2
> diesel fuel, #5-6, bunker - C or something in
> between?
> Myron Dudenbostel
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rupert and Maureen" <gamlenz@ihug.co.nz>
> To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 10:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [CBQ] O5 A & B steam
>
>
> > Dave
> >
> > 5600-5607 were built by Baldwins as O-5, believed
> that none converted to
> > O-5-A
> >
> > 5608-35 built at Burlington as follows
> > 5608-10 built 1936 (O-5)
> > 5611-20 built 1937 (O-5)
> > 5621-25 built 1938 (O-5-A)
> > 5626-35 built 1940 (O-5-A)
> >
> > Believed that all 5608-35 upgraded to O-5-A by the
> addition of light
> weight
> > rods, roller bearings and box-pok drivers
> >
> > Some were converted to oil burning and
> reclassified as O-5-B "in about
> 1950"
> > (I can't find a specific date range, but the
> earliest reference I have to
> an
> > O-5-B is 1951) I'll leave it to the experts to
> explain the reason for the
> > conversions.
> >
> > Identified as O-5-B are 5614, 5620, 5626, 5627,
> 5629, 5632. There is a
> plan
> > of one in Model Railroader July 1970
> >
> > Hope this helps
> >
> > Rupert
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "lickness2002" <lickness2002@yahoo.com>
> > To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 5:01 PM
> > Subject: [CBQ] O5 A & B steam
> >
> >
> > > Does o5a mean coal and o5b mean oil. I have the
> new 3rd rail o
> > > gauge 05 and it is # 5629 which is at the
> colorado railroad museum
> > > and has an oil tank on it.
> > > I can;t find out much as to why the railroad
> switched to oil and
> > > what engines were converted and what were not.
> > > Got the cb&q steam engine book through inter
> libary loan and it
> > > doesn;t go into much detail at all about the
> engines.
> > > Any info on the O5's would be appreciated.
> thanks Dave Roxin (new
> > > member)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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