Hello,

Recently I found a good video of the SAR condenser in operation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WueHGOCP8b8

On ~ 2:00 on the clock, it shows one starting from a stop signal. It would be interesting to know if the turbine draft blower was automatically ramped up with throttle position or was it all manual? Regardless, I'll bet the firemen had their hands full.

There are videos of the "blue" Red Devil Class 26 throughtout this....as noted by its double stacks.

This video shows several shots with a clean stack but in the following there is one that is running a bit rich!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHjAT2_7 ... re=related

It would be an interesting if the last one to survive (No 3511) , could run again in preservation.....a bit more work than a conventional! One of the biggest problems would be keeping the cylinder oil out of the condensed feedwater.

Interesting venture all the same......much more than a test as it was applied on 90 locomotives at new order.

Regards,

Randy

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Anybody else confused as to why this is in the classifieds section?

dave