I have just completed working for the BBC on a re-enactment of the 1829
Rainhill Locomotive Trials (to be shown in early 2003). My job was as a
Fireman on 'Novelty' (a more unusual locomotive it is hard to imagine).
The original rules were that engines must 'Consume there own Smoke' and so
Coke was used as fuel. I understand this (1829) was the first time that coke
was used in locomotives but in the following years it was universal until
engines were designed that could burn coal without thick clouds of black
smoke. I was told that some railways made there own coke for locomotive use.
Could anybody give me an idea as to how modern coke compares with 1829 coke?
The fuel we burnt for the re-enactment was 'Monckton Sunbrite Doubles'.
Regards
Andrew Hurrell
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