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Yay update ... And a fine one at that ...
seriously almost pm'd you to find out update status ...
And then he ran out of diesel
7075902 I wonder how hard of a time he'll have refueling, since Equestria doesn't know about diesel.
7075914 We will probably get a Discord ex machina
7075914, 7075921
I will hopefully try and address that topic in the next chapter. But I can assure you that he has plenty of diesel fuel left as most diesels of this type use 195 gallons per hour in full throttle. Nathan has yet to put 1506's throttle in the eighth notch so he still has quite a lot in those large tanks.
7075914 Plain old edible oil will work for everything but freezing temperatures. And if you need cold weather fuel, biodiesel can be made from the same edible oil. Those train engines can eat almost anything. The distillation towers in Texas City are powered by a train engine running off of worthless parts of the distillates.
A couple of fields of black oil sunflowers would provide a lot of oil, or Equestria could start a petroleum industry. There are tons of great stuff besides the light fractions used for gasoline. Waxes, lubricants, medicine, pigments, fuels, gasses for a town wide gas fueled stoves and the list goes on practically forever. Plus oil is cleaner than coal. If there is shields to filter out harmful pathogens, it is not a far step to have a shield that captures particulates and other harmful gasses.
Yay! More train chapters!
If fuel is needed for the engine, all he has to do is keep a nose open whe the CMC arrive covered yet again in tree sap, for the distictivve smell of the diesel Tree which should grow in the Everfree. Plant an orchard of those and he can have solar powered renewable stored tankable fuel for the rest of his days.
One advantage the oldest engines had, was because they used mechanical brakes, they didnt have all lock on when they lost power, meaning unless you have a standalone towing power unit available elsewhere in the country, you just have to sit there till they get the power restored.
man that was a great chapter while reading this and you saying the power of american horsepower, i could not stop thinking about 1506 being couple to a bigboy,man what an awesome sight that would be ! fantastic job and thank you for this great story!!
Oh god, old-style pin couplers. The reason why so many 19th century railroad men retired with several fewer fingers than when they began. Even granted that it's not such a big issue in Equestria...
7076024 I am by no mean an expert on oil and motor, but I do know that not every oil react the same way to temperatures and I know it is not advised to use anything but fuel in a motor. It will work, but it will speed up greatly the motor's wear if I remember properly.
Every time I read a new chapter, I trip out because the protagonist and I share the same name. It's like reading a self-insert in a strange sort of way.
this is why Britain uses both buckeye 'knuckle' couplers and Buffers and chain couplers
Well that worked out quite nicely.
7076202 If your talking about the 4-8-8-4 Bigboy then yeah that would be a sight but i think the 1507 would have more power. still Id love to see a Bigboy along side a diesel of that power
Nnnnoooooooooooooo!!! I've reached the end already! I neeed more!!! *Gives pouty face*
Wonderful story by the way! I hope to read more of it when you bring it out, it's quite engaging and I would love to see how it turns out...
its alive!
Why must the chapter end leaving me with such disparity! If only nice things could be in unlimited quantity. Until that happens, I guess I can wait for them..
update?