Smoke Stack
Under full steam BigBoy spued an astounding amount of smoke.
To deflect the smoke away from the cab, the engine was equipped
with some of the most state of the art smoke deflecting systems
available. First of all, he had twin stacks, the sheer volume
of exhaust he produced warranted the use of 2 smoke stacks. There
was a sheet metal fence surrounding the stacks. The most ingenious
thing was the 2 side folding smoke deflector hoods. These folded
up from one side or the other (controlled from the cab, depending
on the wind direction) to deflect the smoke away from the engine.
Here, you can see BigBoy's twin stacks, the sheet metal
fence and two smoke hoods on either side of the stacks
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