Santa Fe 3751 roars into Del Mar
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yes. true.
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Why not run it by the greatest computer of all time which is the brain?
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I could be wrong too, iv just never heard of copper tubing in boilers.
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Really? Well I guess I was wrong about that then. Oh well it would be great if steam was resurected again anyways.
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I think new boilers use steel tubes, This one may have steel tubing, I have not hear about copper tubing, I never new they used copper tubing.
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Yeah your right cooking oil would definitly burn but the problem is that you cant get the used stuff in large enough quantities, it would cost more just to go out to every fastfood restaurant and retrieve it. Would the boiler be any different? One expensive thing about steam locomotives is they use ALOT of copper tubing inside the boiler and that costs plenty of money. I don't know if they could use another material such as steel.
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I would run it off of what ever would burn, and what ever was the cheapest, Im sure cooking oil would work, Just need alot of it, If it burns its cheap then its good.
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That would be a good idea. Also do you think it could run off of used cooking oil? Instead of expensive oil?
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I would have pretty much everything run by a computer, but i would have somone on board to watch over it, nothing super fancy, but I would have sensors to tell when the injectors needed to be turned on, or when you need to make the fire hotter. I like the Idea of having everything mechanical, it more efficiant it would probably have a series of sensors, It doesnt have to be a program, you could make it work with electrical switches and thermometers to see how hot the fire needs to be.
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Yeah a cab in the back would look cooler. Now you mentioned that the fireing would be computer controlled. Now you also have to remember that water has to be injected into the boiler regularly to keep it from blowing up. And the boiler has to be washed also of sediment. Would a fireman be on board to control the water and boiler blowdowns? Or could it be controlled by computers and sencers and have a manual over ride just in case the sensers went wrong?
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I wonder whatever happened to the ACE 3000 (modern coal fired steam engine concept)?
jeffshultz634 3 years ago 4
well from what I've read the oil shortage came to an end and the project was scrapped. though I think they should start it up agian just in case.
amtraklover 3 years ago 2