One last turn....
As last day of the "Great Western Steam-Up" event at the Nevada State Railroad Museum winds down, the last of the locomotives to operate on the loop arrives back at the turntable to be shifted onto a shop track and shut down. Here, we see Virginia & Truckee 10-wheeler #25 with her flags waving as she is turned to be placed on Track 5, where she will back to the engine shed and have her fire extinguished. Oil-fired locomotives are somewhat easier than coal or wood-burners to shut down. Basically, the blower, atomizer and fuel source are shut off and the fire dies pretty much immediately, No ash needs to be dumped as there is no bed of burning materials in the firebox. Typically, the stack is then capped and the boiler allowed to slowly cool off over time.
One last turn....
As last day of the "Great Western Steam-Up" event at the Nevada State Railroad Museum winds down, the last of the locomotives to operate on the loop arrives back at the turntable to be shifted onto a shop track and shut down. Here, we see Virginia & Truckee 10-wheeler #25 with her flags waving as she is turned to be placed on Track 5, where she will back to the engine shed and have her fire extinguished. Oil-fired locomotives are somewhat easier than coal or wood-burners to shut down. Basically, the blower, atomizer and fuel source are shut off and the fire dies pretty much immediately, No ash needs to be dumped as there is no bed of burning materials in the firebox. Typically, the stack is then capped and the boiler allowed to slowly cool off over time.