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What are the fins on some steam locomotives for?
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 15 Dec 1999 19:09:16 GMT
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At the front end of some steam locomotives, there are two vertical fins. What
are they for?
Thanks,
Hao-yang Wang
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| (...) They are to deflet the smoke from the chimney. Most of the time, the engine design would be such that the airflow across the top of the engine lifts the smoke off the enginetop. Sometimes the designer didn't get it right, and various 'smoke (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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