VR Oilburning Locos

John Dennis (jdennis@acslink.net.au)
Tue, 07 Apr 1998 12:03:58 GMT

Whilst studying the photographs in Lindsay Crow's fine books, I
noticed the "lids" on the chimneys of the oil-burning J, N and C
classes. These were able to be operated remotely (from ground level?)
by a linkage of some sort.

Now, I remember these as a youth, and can remember reading about them
in an ancient VR Newsletter, but can no longer remember what purpose
they served. Can someone tell me why oil burners, and only the
oilies, had these "lids".

Cheers...JD
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