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This has been on the news here locally in St. Paul, MN More than once. > This is not directly CB&Q related, but it is about an old Santa Fe steam > engine, No. 3463. So I guess that makes it peripheral. :-) > > > > I received my October issue of Wired Magazine. On page 48 is a story about > the restoration of the engine. It's being done to running condition, but > using new technology. They are going to modify the boiler and engine to > double thermal efficiency, reshape the exhaust so it breaths better and the > firebox to run on biocoal. The 2 groups working on this Sustainable Rail > International and the University of Minnesota, say, when they are done, it > will run cleaner than a diesel and cheaper than diesel-electrics. __._,_.___
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