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Re: Strategic Reserve.
- Subject: Re: Strategic Reserve.
- From: "John Garrison" <corrjng@rbnet.com>
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 18:50:58 -0400
- Newsgroups: alt.railroad,aus.rail,misc.transport.rail.australia-nz,misc.transport.rail.europe
- Organization: 24hoursupport.com
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Michael Roebuck <Mike.Roebuck@ cobblers.datacomm.ch> wrote in message
news:RwfMN=Dz2h1djJ4sGZniAPWI2JTc@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 31 Aug 1999 09:37:57 -0400, "John Garrison"
> <corrjng@rbnet.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >Roy Wilke <royboy@bit.dotnet.dotau> wrote in message
> >news:37CB9D2F.1B716EC8@bit.dotnet.dotau...
> >> No coal or oil - but can't steam locomotives also burn wood? Or
anything
> >that
> >> can be burnt in the loco's firebox, for that matter? Diesels and
> >electrics, I
> >> take it, are a bit more fussy on what fuel they use.
> >>
> >
> >
> >Techincally speaking, if it'll burn it'll work. I've heard of using sugar
> >cane leaves for fuel.
>
> Sugar cane waste (bagasse)
>
> Not very hot burning, so you can only go a few mph,
> >but where it's used it's free. (Cuba I think)
> >
> certainly used in the Philippines.
>
> cheers
>
Ah you read the same article and remembered it better than I. Thanx.