Why did the Maumee's (Calcite II) diesel smoke so much?

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Re: Why did the Maumee's (Calcite II) diesel smoke so much?

by Guest » March 15, 2019, 6:52 pm

To answer your question, Taylor and the Calcite II smoked so much because they were changed over to a heavier fuel than the diesel fuel they were designed to burn. I was on the Taylor one evening, when I received a call from Cleveland CG. They had a report of a vessel on fire NE of Cleveland. No one on the lake in site. Just us leaving a black trail of smoke behind us.

Why did the Maumee's (Calcite II) diesel smoke so much?

by Guest MK » March 15, 2019, 12:41 pm

I always enjoyed the Maumee (Calcite II) steaming along the St.Clair River looking like a coal burner. Her Nordberg diesel sure did burn rich with a thick plume of black smoke. Was it just old and tired out? Why was Maumee so smokey in her last years?

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