Earl Wrote:
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> The only screens on the diamond stacks at Cass are
> those seen on the top of the stack. Inside the
> diamond stack is a large deflector cone the
> deflects the exhaust to the sides of the stack
> where is breaks up the big pieces of cinder. The
> exhaust then goes up the stack through the screen.
> The mesh of the screen is pretty tight, finer
> than the mesh Kelly referred to.
The ones at Cass seem to get clogged up after a certain amount of operating time. Many times, I have seen crew members pulling them off and whacking them with a stick to dislodge all of the soot. The Cass engines sure do smoke a lot.
/Kevin Madore