> I'm going to take my dad's word that adding steam to hot coal really works.
George, I'm not disputing what your father told you. I'm questioning your explanation of how it works. Is that the explanation Pops gave you back in the day, or is it a theory you came up with on the fly? Or did you get it from a reliable (or maybe not-so-reliable) source?
> Doubt if there are any Fireman still alive.
Probably very few survive from the glory days of steam. But there are plenty of steam locomotives still in operation, and the folks who operate them should be familiar with all their features. I visited the C&O Railway Heritage Center in Clifton Forge, VA last year, and was surprised to find one of its steam locomotives, 614 was pulling coal trains as recently as 1985!
If you make it up to Michigan some time, be sure to visit the Steam Railroading Institute in Owosso. They usually have one of their locomotives in the shop and you can take a close look at the insides of whatever they're working on. I'll bet those guys would know about adding steam to the firebox.
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