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From: "Paul Braun" <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx>
>The funny thing is that the photographer-friendly plume of smoke and steam
is really the by-product of a poorly-running engine... when things are
burning properly and cleanly, you barely see anything coming out of the
stack. They just pump extra steam into the smokebox so you get a heavy,
opaque mixture of steam, exhaust and ash that looks pretty for photos, but
is terribly inefficient.
You mean like these?
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-steam-at-scranton-daniel-troy.html
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-steam-at-elmhurst-daniel-troy.html
The first one was 15 degrees below zero (F), which does wonders to steam
engines - not so much to teh photographer.
Steve Troy
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