 | | Elephant ears (was Re: What are the fins on some steam locomotives for? —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | (...) These are called, (1) "smoke deflectors"... Very much more common on EuroTrash trains than on US proto (2). Good example of a US proto loco that uses them, though, is UP 8444 1 - In the best, totally unimaginative, tradition of railroad (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: Elephant ears (was Re: What are the fins on some steam locomotives for? —James Powell
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| | | | (...) Yep, My EuroTrash Live Steamer has them...where does the smoke blow? Right into my face! (Mind you, I'm 16/1 too big for the cab of the engine too!) (...) Actually, I think it has more to do with the size of the engine and the front drag of (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Elephant ears (was Re: What are the fins on some steam locomotives for? —Christopher Masi
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| | | | | Hey, do you have pictures of your little steamer? They would be neat to see. Chris (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: Elephant ears (was Re: What are the fins on some steam locomotives for? —James Powell
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| | | | | | (...) Yep, there are photos at: (URL) are pictures taken out here in Newfoundland...the track here is a bit wonky for running, but I should get a chance to do some repair work this spring, then more running of the engine. James Powell (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Elephant ears (was Re: What are the fins on some steam locomotives for? —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) But that's part of the FUN of live steam, no? (...) Yes, I think you're right about that! Turbulent flow would be much more likely to disperse the smoke by the time it got back to the cab than laminar flow would. I wonder if streamlined (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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