Oil Locomotive Easy To Operate
(P.A.) PALMERSTON N., This Day. The experimental K.A. class locomotive fitted to burn crude oil arrived at Palmerston North oj» Tuesday after its first trial run from Wellington. It ran light to Paekakariki, where it piclvd up a mixed goods train and brought it to Palmerston North. The experiment could be called successful, said the official in charge of the experimental run. It could not yet be seen how expensive the locomotive would be to run, but it was safe to say that it would not be very much more expensive than coal. The locomotive- carries 1300 gallons j of err.d. petroleum oil in what is j usually the coal tender. ‘ This is sufficient for a range of about : 'Die greatest advantages of the oil I burning system are ease of operation, j and absence of smoke and coal-dust, I ■aid t£e official. ! Steam pressure can be b ill up more ' •mieUiy tor sudden demands than in j - coal-burning engine. ! It was pointed out that the fireman i has only to watch the oil temperature nd control the flow of oil to the! burners through an easily-operated j rnduated valve. ' The or.;w found the engine very easy - •} C'l'-.ur- on the trial run.
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Northern Advocate, 7 November 1946, Page 2
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