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  1. clinker replied to the thread Oil Firing.

    Stratford wasn't running exclusively on oil fired locomotives, so coal storage/distribution infrastructure wasn't a problem.

    Aug 2, 2026 at 12:38 PM

  2. clinker liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Oil Firing.

    The SECR system (which Holcroftvsaid was based on the Derby system) had the same, the reason given by Holcroft being to maintain a more even temperature in the back corners of the box when the oil supply was shut off. Tom

    Aug 2, 2026 at 9:19 AM

  3. clinker liked Spamcan81's post in the thread Oil Firing.

    Or possibly not. The GER had oil fired T19 locos around 1900.

    Aug 2, 2026 at 9:18 AM

  4. clinker replied to the thread Oil Firing.

    From what I've read Stratford were, once again, streets ahead of the others, having a 'small' coal fired grate which was lit with the 'rag on a stick' and kept burning, thus being a form of pilot light.

    Aug 1, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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