Coal is about twice as heavy as water per cubic unit (remember coal is a rock
that burns) and there was no general ratio of coal to water weight on steam
engine's tenders. It had more to do with the amount of water used relative to
coal. In general, steam engines made more water stops than fuel stops. For
example, an average switch engine would take water twice or three time per
shift and maybe coal only at shifts end. A lot of factors played into this like
how good of condition the engine was in, the skill of the engineer and fireman,
the quality of the coal and water, how hard the engine was being worked, the
type of service and if the engine was superheated or not.
Three examples of lakes owned by the railroad: Raccoon Lake at Centralia, "Q"
Lake at Cambon and Burlington Lake at Herrin Junction.
--- On Sat, 3/5/11, John Almond <almondj@comcast.net> wrote:
From: John Almond <almondj@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Railroad Fact
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, March 5, 2011, 6:12 PM
Can you provide some examples of lakes owned by railroads? I never gave it
a thought, thinking that most water came from wells they owned or rivers
openly available.
I can understand it as a tender¹s water capacity was greater by volume than
50%, and water is heavier (no air content) than coal per cubic unit. A
further question would be later use of oil by steam engines is water
heavier than oil (I believe it is)? Did tenders carrying oil still have
less than 50% of the tender¹s capacity by volume?
The simple statement provided here is what discussion is all about. It may
well provide the opportunity to think, answer a question or solve a problem,
but it should leave another opportunity for further discussion and
education.
John in Tucson
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