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Posted 03 December 2014 - 06:36 PM

View Postlongiron, on 25 January 2010 - 06:15 PM, said:

Scott,
Here's one of the class that's even stranger - I have no idea what the two different sized stacks are for :bigboss:
The fireboxes also seem to be a little wider than normal - perhaps it was the coal from home mines?


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chrisvw


Scott,
I asked your question to a coworker of mine that retired several years before me. He used to work on the Santa Fe and has actually ran a couple of steam engines. (He's 93 now!) He said he thought that it was because, if there were 2 extra cylinders, which is what it looks like from the photo, it would help the fire burn better and be more efficient. Makes sense, but I've never seen any like that myself, so we both learned something here. :sign_rockon:

Hope that helps answer your question.

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