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"A watched pot never boils" doesn't hold for the loves of our lives. So many things they did not teach at Boy Scout Camp. First just to get a fire lit off without any accessories like the steam operated blower to create draft for the fire to begin to raise the temperature of the water in the boiler to any where near the level to produce enough pressure to add water to the boiler using the injectors which would impede the production of steam by introducing more "cold" water to the equation. A great many man hours just to get the locomotive to the point it is ready to move, much less go to work. Lucky for the hostler he had oiling, greasing, and cleaning to do while the tea kettle came to a boil. That doesn't even take into account the addition of more coal to the fire regularly. <br />It is understandable that a Big Boy or any of the other huge firebox engines took a great deal of time to get to temperature, partcularly without the aid of a stoker, or other appliances.. <br /> <br />Will
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