Recently I was marked up as a locomotive fireman at the Everett Railroad. We operate a 1920s-built locomotive for use on our tourist train rides and experiences that is hand-fired by oil. As a fireman, my job is to maintain a hot fire within the firebox of the locomotive to produce steam to keep our train moving. Keeping an oil fire hot involves maintaining a balance of fuel, atomization, water, and a variety of other considerations, while working closely with the engineer. Oil firing is vastly different from the coal I started on back when I first began railroading, but I see this method sticking with me in my eventual future in the historic-railroad industry. I'm grateful for the opportunity provided by Everett to learn to fire, and am always glad to further immerse myself in the technology of yesteryear.
Hi Max!! But...how do you "Hand 🔥 fire...." with 🛢oil, hhhuuuhhh??? LOL 😂 😆 🤣 😹 😂!!!!! P.S.: "WATCH THE WATER 💧 LEVEL" !!!!! S.E.S./GBW.10-2023 A.D.
Railroad fan at Green Bay 400 passenger train restoration project
6moCongratulations 🎊 👏 💐 🥳 Max, and Congrats to steam locomotive 🚂 11 on the Everet rr, the 2-6-0-Mogul type built in the 1920s decade; hopefully you will throw it a Grand Centennial Celebration 🍾 😀!! Just think of the VAST changes in Railroads, and Transportation; from steam with coal or oil fire 🔥, and gasoline electric to diesel-electric Tier 4; and electrics from Edison Trolley 🚎 cars, to Fast GG1, and Now in 2023A.D to ACELA, and soon AVELIA!! YET: Very Soon in the Near Future the passengers will be carried by MAG-LEV!!!!! Actually. This will vastly improve Passenger trains by running at 200 M.P.H.!!; and letting the Energy Efficient Freight Trains to carry on with the American 🇺🇸 Economic Supply Chain!!!!! YET, all this time, this Classic 2-6-0 Mogul 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃 will continue to carry the Future Tourists, Who will use their 3d hologram cameras 📷 to get their families 👪 portraits, and inspire their future generations of railfans to help preserve Engine 11 when it turns 200 Years old soon in 2123, A.D.!! GOD ✝️ BLESS ✝️ 🙌 🙏 AMERICA 🇺🇸 🦅🙏, LAND THAT WE LOVE ❤ 😍!! GLORY ALLELUIA 🤟 ☝ 🛐✝️🛐✡🕎☮🕊!!!!! AMEN 🙏 🌐 🌍 🌏 🌎 🧭 🙏, PRAY FOR PEACE AROUND THE WORLD 🌎 🙏 ❤!!!!! FRI., OCT. 5, 2023A.D. OK. SES. GBW. 2252 CDT.