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Old 1st August 2019, 08:09
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Originally Posted by hereward View Post
I thought all these were oil burners, so was surprised at the black smoke. Looking it up only one was converted to oil burning, 4005, in 1946 and converted back to coal in 1948. This one was converted to oil during restoration.
To my knowledge there is only ONE coal burning locomotive left in the world that's operational. It's the Steamer #261.

https://261.com/
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