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Author:  Bob Yarger [ Tue Nov 11, 2003 6:15 pm ]
Post subject:  Hercules fireless article

From Michigan. Photo with article.

http://www.lakeshoreguardian.com/_2001/_072001/dinky.htm
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Author:  Richard Jenkins [ Wed Nov 12, 2003 3:16 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Hercules fireless article

Retired in 1994? Sounds like a contender for America's last industrial steam operation. Does anyone know of any others that were still running later than that?

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Author:  Ben True [ Wed Nov 12, 2003 4:50 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Hercules fireless article

> Retired in 1994? Sounds like a contender for
> America's last industrial steam operation.
> Does anyone know of any others that were
> still running later than that?

WAsn't there one running at a plant in East TN up until about the same time period.

The more I learn about fireless locomotives, the more I notice that there were more than I thought running in my life time, almost makes me wonder if there still is one in operation stuck out in between coal piles in some power plant some where.....

Author:  Richard Jenkins [ Wed Nov 12, 2003 5:40 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Hercules fireless article

The fireless cooker in Tennessee was the National Rayon Co. engine, which was put on display in Elizabethton a couple years ago. If I remember correctly she was retired in 1990, but was rumored to have been the last one running.

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