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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheAuldGrump" data-source="post: 1670108" data-attributes="member: 6957">Just a few more quick modifications, in this case modifications to existing Coal Burners in regards to fuel:Alternate Fuels for Coal BurnersAnthracite Requiring no modification to an existing Coal Burner engine Anthracite is slightly more expensive, but burns hotter and with less soot and fewer cinders. Some cities may require the burning of anthracite by engines within their confines, and some rail lines may use the more comfortable travel engendered by the fuel as an advertisement for their passenger runs. As a side effect of its cleaner flame the use of anthracite adds a =2 circumstance bonus to Maintenance checks for long term wear. Cost as Coal Burner Fueling Cost per Day 7gp.Coke Coke is a fuel much like charcoal, the volatiles burned off while the fuel is in a vacuum resulting in a higher temperature flame. Coke is generally ground into a powder and fed into the engine with a combination of screws and a blower. These modifications can be built into an existing engine for 5gp multiplied by the chart for Constructing an Engine on p. 26. It is slightly cheaper when built in from the ground up. Because of the higher burning temperature a vehicle modified to accept coke is treated as having a base speed of 70 ft. rather than the normal 60 ft., and like anthracite produces less smoke and so may be used in cities that restrict the use of bitumous coal.Cost 12gp.Fueling Cost per Day 8gp.Peat, Wood, and Mummies: Sometimes proper coal is scarce, so an alternate fuel source is needed. Peat, wood, and supposedly Egyptian mummies have all been used. The price of the fuel drops, but the maintainance on an engine using the wrong fuel is more difficult, resulting in a maintainance penalty of -2 for hard wood, and -4 for peat or soft woods such as pine. Burning mummies results in a -8 circumstances penalty and enrages responsible citizens. (And the difficulties of getting mummies when you need them...) Fueling Cost per Day: 2gp for peat or soft wood, 3gp for hard wood, mummies?The Auld Grump Pheobe Snow all dressed in white, rides the rails of anthracite...*EDIT* Modified Coke to remove redundancy with the Impoved Speed modification below.</blockquote>

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