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<p>Yea the steam turbine / generator / "dynamo", and perhaps the injector exhaust (the injectors used to add water to the boiler from the tender). It may be just steam or some mixture of steam/water; it sounds like it's a tricky procedure to get the right combination.</p><p>Note the injector exhaust below the cab, some blowoff out the low-pressure safety valve, and the inactive generator:</p><p>[img]http://photos-359.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v195/28/77/151100359/n151100359_30423673_9027.jpg[/img]<br /><br />Now the generator is on:<br />[img]http://photos-g.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sctm/v185/28/77/151100359/n151100359_30387542_1420.jpg[/img]</p><p>And the air brake pumps also have either some adjacent exhaust or may be leaky (most of this exhaust seems to go up the main stack on the EBT locos), which you can see on the 2nd loco in this double-header:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lggjMWj35wc</p>
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