Since yesterday’s post of the 1120 shoving on a departing inbound at Lincoln I received a couple of e-mails in reference to my comment "smoke rises from the traction motors in the 90 degree heat”. I wanted to post two examples of what I observed to see if any one could shed some light on this phenomenon. It appears to me that smoke is coming from the traction motors or blowers onthe GP40-2MC's

Photographed by Vinnie Lanza, August 2, 2005.
Added to the photo archive by Vinnie Lanza, August 3, 2005.
Railroad: MBTA.

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