Self trimming coal bunkers

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John,

At the risk of betraying myself as a "foamer", the coal bunker of my 
Kohs Y6a, which purports to be true to prototype, has steeply sloped 
sides down to a rather narrow trough so I suspect it would be "self 
trimming".  The load is exposed to the stoker screw by any one of 
five or six sliding hatches.

Tom Leuthner


Reply to message:

This makes me think of a question.  On the 22,000 gal. tender was the 
coal bunker "self trimming" or did the coal have to be shoveled up to 
get the last bit into the stoker trough?

Thanks,
John Rhodes