Is it just me or is the locomotive smoking?

[tavis5500]

definately not coal.

[tweetsie12190fan]

@tavis5500 yea its oil burning

[justindw199]

@justindw199 PLEASE!!! Do not say I'm wrong because I am one of Tweetsie's engineer's. I mainly operate #190. If you are ever at Tweetsie and want a cab ride, just ask whoever is operating the locomotive that day and they'll hook you up. Please note we don't offer cab rides in #12, just #190.

[NsTrainMan07]

I see it now!! (tward the front)

[NsTrainMan07]

I only see smoke from the stacks!!

[TheRjwhiting]

it soking all right



[Dinosorable]

It's smoking because it's a real steam locomotive. :)

[tweetsie12190fan]

@Dinosorable i know it's a steam locomotive but Disney world railroad steam locos almost never smoke

[Dinosorable]

@tweetsie12190fan I noticed that. But they smoke a little bit.

[atsf3780]

@tweetsie12190fan almost never because they burn a fuel oil i believe which is a bit cleaner burning than coal

[tweetsie12190fan]

@atsf3780 i asked and they said the burn fuel and the greace from the fryers from the parks in the lcocos

[atsf3780]

@tweetsie12190fan yeah right lol honestly i doubt that no disrespect intended

[shininghappyperson7]

wow an actual steam locomotive at a park,thats weird.....

[tweetsie12190fan]

@shininghappyperson7 well at the tweetsie raolroad in boon NCand dollywood Tennessee they use ng coal burning steam locomotives. in theam parks

[shininghappyperson7]

@tweetsie12190fan thats awesome,usually its some stupid miniature "steam locomotive" wich is actually a little motor inside a steam locomotive shell,thats actually a verry nice looking locomotive!!

[tweetsie12190fan]

@shininghappyperson7  i know

[bigboy4016]

@shininghappyperson7 Eh, they are not that bad... I operate one made by Chance... the second one ever made... the oldest operating one in the world... It's not a bad little engine, lol.

[ELMSLines]

@shininghappyperson7 theres a live steam engine at knonobles groves to, and at City island in Harrisburg PA, both in PA.

[shininghappyperson7]

@ELMSLines yeah ive been to the one in knonobles grove , but it was like live steam size, that one is actually fairly large and a 4-6-0 thats pretty nice

[blingkid823]

most steam locomotives sometimes do this but I have never seen it from a disney steam train like that maybe the fireman put something in the firebox to make that black smoke come out of the stack

[tweetsie12190fan]

@blingkid823 i think he forgot to turn the oil valve down a few notches 

[pennyf9]

makes it authentic! like its coal fired!

[tweetsie12190fan]

@pennyf9 but it is oil fired

[pennyf9]

@tweetsie12190fan i know, it looks like its coal fired doesn't it?

[Tonytambe]

Why does the black smoke from a steam locomotive pulse out of the smoke stack?

Obviously the exhaust steam from the cylinders is piped into the fire box flu. My question is why?

Additional Details

So there are two reasons?

1) "the steam helps to dissipate the smoke over a much larger area."

(To keep soot off the train and it's cargo?)

2) "the steam ... pulls a partial vacuum in the smoke box which helps the fire to draw."

[JBofBrisbane]

@Tonytambe - The exhaust steam from the cylinders is directed up the chimney (smokestack) through a blast pipe. The jet of exhaust steam up the stack creates a partial vacuum in the smokebox, causing hot gases from the firebox to be pushed through the fire tubes in the boiler by atmospheric pressure. This is essential for the boiler to generate enough steam for the loco to do its work. When the loco is stationary, a blower (steam jet) in the stack can be used for the same purpose.

[jay611]

carbon in the flues.

[tweetsie12190fan]

@jay611 or the firerman just did it to pleas me ... :)

[SmokyMtnSteam]

Wow, that is wierd

[tweetsie12190fan]

@SmokyMtnSteam i know the locos barly ever smoke they burn deasul#2 oil and grees from the frirs .