Dec 06, 2020 · These utility companies often had their own fleets of steam locomotives to service these plants and keep them operating at peak efficiency. The Central Illinois Public Service Co. originally ordered the number 5 as a 2-4-2T, that is, an engine with a tank around the boiler and a coal bunker attached to the rear of the engine.
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Coal prices vary by geographic location as well as by sizes such as nut or pea coal. Assuming xx-sized coal for use in coal stoves used as interior heat source, not coal fired furnaces or boilers which use pea coal. One ton of coal provides about 16 million BTUs. Wood, firewood : $170./cord - 2012 hardwood. $130./cord - 2012 softwood
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