Re: Cockatoo Run to Continue?

[kingpin1@ozemail.com.au (Derek Woodlands)]

'Twas a dark and stormy night on Mon, 02 Nov 1998 17:49:03 +1100 as Eben Levy
<tkid@ozemail.com.au> took time out from the neverending quest to rid the world
of grues and wrote:
  
> To steam a loco 20 times a year is actually worse on it then using it almost
> everyday, think about the metal fatigue cause each time you light it up.

Perhaps they need to install some type of electric heating elements in it to
keep the boiler and firebox hot at all times?

Fire Engines (in Sydney, anyway) have such devices fitted to the motors to
reduce wear and tear on them (at least the older fire engines did, dunno about
these new ones).  They used to stuff a lot of engines by flooring a cold motor.


Catchya

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