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a steam engin is a living breathing thing ;an external combustion engin (the fire on the outside).... they are about as diffrent an a horse pulled wagon and a high performance racing car... most steam engins did not even have a speedodemeter; the engineer had to judge speed by the seat of his pants; being an engineer ment something then ;the driver had to keep all sorts of engineering data in his head when operating a steam engin.. for example if you creat enough draft (by using the blast pipe)you can pull small burning embers of coal up the fire tubes and doubbling or tripple ing the grate area; and thus have a hotter fire and more steam and more power, but do this too much and the tubes will become fowlled and the engin will clog up and die on the spot..running a steam engin is like juggeling; keeping 27 balls in the air at the same time. so i say what ever floats your boat >>>>you can do it the hard way ,or the easy way, some people just enjoy the process...glennbob[^][;)][angel][2c][soapbox]
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