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after posting a photo of a large fire box i was thinking(OK i know its dangerous) the grate area of a up big boy is 150.3 square feet. now think of a room in your house that is 10 ft wide and 15 ft long and that's the grate area not the fire box size just the grate's.one fine train room
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jim
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Yep that would be a hot spot.
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OK,is it just me or was there a storie about the yellowstones that when they were finished that there was a dinner party in one of the fireboxes? i swore i saw that storie somewhere but never bookmarked the site
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