Hand Firing of Steam Locomotives, ICS # 1960 - from 1943 - reprint

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Hand Firing of Locomotives, ICS # 1960, Edition 1, by I.C.S. Staff, published International Correspondence Schools, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1930, 1943. Reproduced by Nation Builder Books, Mebane, NC, 2010, 5½ x 8½ photocopied booklet, 70 pages.

Please note this is a new photoduplicated reproduction, not an original.

What are the operations, in their proper order, that must be followed in preparing a fire before starting a trip? In building up a fire, why should the blower be used only when necessary? How is it possible to tell, from the appearance of a fire, where clinker is forming? Why do leaky tubes reduce the draft through a fire? What is the estimated loss in coal for every minute the pop is open? How often and when should the grates be shaken? What is meant by fixed carbon? What must the firebox temperature be before the hydrocarbons will break up and burn?

If you can answer all these questions, maybe you don’t need this book. But if you’re of the growing number of steam enthusiasts looking for information to help you better fire and run an engine, then you will love this book. And be sure to look for our two dozen other reproduced books from this ICS series on steam railroading as taught and practiced in the 1930s and 1940s.

Complete listing of contents:

  • Firing Coals of the Eastern States
    • Purpose of the Instruction
    • Importance of a Knowledge of Coal
  • Coals and Their Combustion
  • Gas Coals
  • Best Steam Coals
  • Gases in the Coal
  • Coal Loss Through Unburned Gases
  • Smoke-Forming Constituents of Coal
  • Quantity of Gas Given Off
  • Tar Distilled from the Coal
  • Tendency of Coal to Produce Smoke
  • Rate of Distillation of Volatile
  • Smokeless Coals
  • Slack Coal
  • Reducing Slack Coal Loss
  • Ash from Coal
  • Foreign Impurities
  • Hard Clinker
  • Soft Clinker
  • Mixing Coals
  • Conditions for Economical Combustion
    • Draft of Locomotives
    • Draft Restrictions
    • Failure of Engine to Steam
    • Scale and Soot
    • Waste at Pop Valve
    • Cooperation of Engineer and Fireman
  • Details of Firing
    • Preparing Fire for Start
    • Building Up the Fire
    • Depth of Fire
    • Fuel Loss Through Thick Fires
    • Preparation of Coal
    • Method of Firing
    • Firebox Temperature
    • Placing the Coal on the Fire
    • Swinging the Fire Door
    • Starting the Train
    • When to Put in a Fire
    • Heavy Firing
    • Firing Poor-Steaming Engines
    • Filling Up of Firebox
    • Shaking the Grates
    • Use and Abuse of the Blower
    • Banks in the Fire
    • Holes in Fire
    • Clinkers in Fire
    • Honeycomb
    • Station Stops
    • Descending Grades
    • Waiting on Sidings
    • Cleaning the Fire
    • Cleaning the Ash-Pan
    • Terminal Stop
    • Summary of Firing Instructions
  • Combustion
    • Chemical Elements and Compounds
      • Oxygen
      • Hydrogen
      • Nitrogen
      • Carbon
    • The Compounds, Coal and Wood
      • Coal
      • Calorific Value
      • Wood
    • Mixtures
      • Air
    • Theory of Combustion
      • Illustration of Combustion
      • Products of Combustion
    • Air Required for Complete Combustion
      • Carbon
      • Hydrogen
      • Carbon Monoxide
      • Carbon Dioxide
    • Heat of Combustion - Theoretical Temperatures
    • Processes Occurring in the Firebox
      • Tearing-Down Process
      • Building-Up Process
      • Fuel-Bed Actions
      • Proper Air Supply
      • Quantity of Water Evaporated
    • Combustion of Coal
      • Bituminous Coal
      • Quantity of Air Required
      • Consumption of Gaseous Products
      • Temperature in Firebox
    • Smoke
      • Smokeless Coals
      • Slack Coal
      • Prevention of Smoke