December 7, 2006

Locomotive Tries Milk Fuel (Mar, 1938)

Filed under: Impractical, Just Weird — @ 1:19 pm
Source: Modern Mechanix ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Mar, 1938
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Locomotive Tries Milk Fuel

DEMONSTRATING its energy value, two tons of dried milk in the form of briquets was used in place of coal to fuel the locomotive of the Dixie Limited at the start of its run from Chicago Depot to Florida. The substitute fuel is said to have burned readily, providing as much heat as coal.

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