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Originally Posted by tasker tractor
I think its 1943 or 46 and at times it was in steam very quick to steam up but cant be left at all so when the operator wants a brake rake the fire and relight later pumps one hell of a lot of water  |
If its anything like ours, you can watch the water level go down in the glass when its running full bore.
Ours is the smaller Valiant type, the type with the parallel boiler/firebox. 100gallon/minuite from memory. The bigger ones with the conical firebox will do at least double that.