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[quote user="shahomy"]Member Batman posted a video the other day showing a steam loco raining sparks all over the countryside...and the cars behind it...I am completely baffled by the video...How is it the cars and countryside don`t catch fire? I believe in the vid it`s snowing, but...what am i missing here? I was gonna post, asking how much clearance is needed for a steam loco to pass under a building(i`m working on model power "old coal mine"), but after seeing that video...[/quote] That is not typical of modern steam locomotives.  Watch videos of British preserved steam or US steam (N&W 611 for example).   Couple of things could be causing that: 1) likely lack of maintenance 2) very low quality coal (probably burning coal from the mine that isnt marketable) very fine coal possibly, given the videos of steam tractors spewing sawdust sparks.
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