Netravathi Express to Trivandrum arrives behind Erode WDM-3A #14140. If you look closely there seems to a lot of soot from the exhaust on the Long hood of the loco. But this is not symmetrical. Does this mean mean that this loco is always run SHF or is it that this is its first duty after POH? 2 Jan 2006, by Anu Sathyan.

Date: 2006-01-02
Owner: Gallery Administrator
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Make Canon Model Canon PowerShot A80
Aperture Value f/5.6 Color Space sRGB
Flash No Flash Metering Mode Multi-Segment
Shutter Speed Value 1/400 sec Digital Zoom Ratio 1
Date/Time 2006 Jan 02 14:24:49 +0000
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A gorgeous smoker, look at the carbon deposit.
Posted by Gaurav Varshney on 2006 Jan 18 19:06:09 +0000
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Although the carbon deposits around the radiator may give the impression the loco is always run SHF it's unlikely to be the case! When running SHF (at speed) the engine exhaust gases trail past the (vertical) radiator outflow and are forced sideways,...
Posted by Dan Cross on 2006 Jan 17 15:26:34 +0000
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