Time to take to Fire and Operate a steamer from dead cold.

[dldance]

This was extensively discussed on one of the Trains forums, but on the locomotives I fire, we like to take about 8 hours from dead cold.  Of course it can be done faster but we are very concerned about the metal in the firebox and boiler

dd

[ICRR1964]

A freind and I had a talk the other day about how long from dead cold does it take to fire, build preasure, and operate a steam loco.

I worked in and around boilers for a good number of years, but these were natual gas fired, and took up to about 3 hours on the small units.

So how long would it take to get a steamer going, be it coal or oil fired.

 

ICRR1964