04-06-2012, 01:43 PM
Mike Kieran Wrote:I would have considered that, but I figure that I will running a short line that works one shift per day. I'll have an engine house to keep the engine warm. I just figure that the Port Able Railway would have 2-3 employees and run a small budget operation.
It depends on the location, time and engine you are modeling. Older engines did not have facilities to prevent them from freezing and that would lead to a cracked engine! Those engines "must not" be parked at freezing temperatures with the engine shut off or the engine must be prepared to do so by removing all water etc. That has never been done for just one night.
Only modern engines have similar facilities like automobiles when it became more cost effective to invest in extra engine facilities than the fuel running idle all night.
Two links:
http://www.hotstart.com/home/markets/railroad/
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?...007AAGcLHk
Reinhard