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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by eastside Go back through the threads and you'll find another thread on boosters that I started. http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=23644 What I never got a good answer for was the first one. Why the locomotive designers routed exhaust to the extreme opposite of the locomotive, i.e. right next to the stack. That was a lot of extra pipe. [/quote]I believe that was done so that the steam, like the stuff from the main pistons, pulled more air through the fire. So that the more steam you use the more steam you create, even then locos were equipped with a blower, which, as far as I know, simply blew steam up the stack, to pull more air. I think this was used at low speeds or when the loco was standing.
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