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If one goes back to the 1950s in northern New Jersey, both the Erie and New York Central used ALCO RS-3s in suburban service. Some of the locomotives would smoke more than others when leaving a station. I remember something about the intensity of the smoke being related to time since a locomotive had been serviced.
Yeah fire and smoke usually shows a clogged fuel filter,or air bags(filters).
I used to see Alco’s when I was a kid (they ran most roadfreights). Never saw a 244 in service, seen hundreds of 251’s (the first Turbocharged EMD 645 didn’t start running on my local Subdivision until 1982) …Keep in mind I’m posting from Australia!
As has been said before, all 4-stroke engines smoke em up (Don’t forget Lima’s but I never saw a FM but I think they’d be the same), especially when you “wipe the throtle” (open her up). Earlier EMD’s had a much simpler Electrical system and it didn’t do them any good to put the throttle straight into Run 8 from a standing start.
I have seen some old EMD567’s smoke them up too. Nothing like an ALCO though, it was a pale white smoke that drifted out the top though. They looked like they needed a service.
“Follow the Flag”
Sic Transit Gloria Mundi - There lies the (Rail)Road to Progress.
Another reason for EMD’s 567 belching white smoke was extended ideling, which caused carbon build up, when the throttle was opened up this was burned off producing thick white smoke[xx(]
One thing that I remember from the good old days (late 50’s-early 60’s) was that at least on the yard switchers, and some old heads on road engines, too, used way more notches than were needed to accellerate a pull. hence belching smoke! Back in those days nobody thought about fuel economy. With larger horsepower nowadays it is much more critical to use only as much power as needed,so you don’t bust couplers, drawbars, etc. jc5729
IMHO,
Any diesel that is ill-maintained and worn out will be a belcher, but the smoke is usually blue and equally thick. Jersey Central’s FMs were like that by the late 60’s.
Ed
Ben10ben…what kind of cars was that white engine pulling.???