Just watched 52 go thru Walthourville, and there was fire blazing from the stack on the second engine. Is this a problem? CJ
Conrail Quality indeed!!!It's not "normal", but it also doesn't really hurt anything. The usual cause is a dying turbocharger on the engine. It can also be caused by a fuel injector that's stuck open. In either of those scenarios, the engine doesn't get enough air for the amount of fuel is being put in, so the fuel doesn't all get burned. Once the unburned fuel mixes with the hot exhaust gas, it ignites into a nice big flame out of the exhaust stack.
Here's an awesome example on a Conrail C40-8W, which is basically the same type of locomotive as the Amtrak Genesis. It looks really cool, in my opinion!
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=175497
LOL!!!!
Charlie do you have a new love interest??
No, but Smokey is quite the ladies' man! He's deadly with that golf club, too!Charlie do you have a new love interest??
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