N&W J-Class -
Butane
Fired
performance of the engine.
Your locomotive burns butane
gas.The gas tank is located in the
tender beneath the coal load.
Remove the coal load with the
ring provided. Simply press the
nozzle of the butane canister hard
onto the filler valve atop the tank,
making sure that the control valve
is closed. You will hear the gas
transferring and will see a little
gas bleeding out of the valve. The
gas may tend to sputter a little
from time to time while filling.
When the tank is full the gas will
begin to sputter a lot and much
more gas will escape the valve.
When the gas tank is full you are
then ready to fire up the engine.
Firing Up:
Close the throttle and blower valve.
Place the battery powered suction fan
in the smoke stack, but do not turn
it on yet. To light up, light a fire
stick and hold it at the opened
firebox door while simultaneously
o p e n i n g t h e g a s v a l v e i n t h e
tender very slowly until the gas
ignites.
Make sure the burner is lit
by looking in the fire door, then
immediately turn on the suction
fan.
It will take approximately 7 minutes
to raise pressure. Once the gauge
reaches 20 lbs, you can shut off and
remove suction fan from the stack
and then turn on the engines internal
blower. At this point steam will rise
rapidly!
Condensation that has formed in the
blower line will run out the bottom
of the locomotive, and then the dry
steam will blast up the stack creating
a draft pulling the hot gases forward
through the flues. When the gauge
5
GAS
TANK
THROTTLE
BLOWER
VALVE
WHISTLE
