Maintaining And Servicing Your Locomotive; Adding Fluid To Your Locomotive's Smoke Generator - GE VISION Line ES44AC Owner's Manual

Maintaining and servicing your locomotive

Adding fluid to your locomotive's smoke generator

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our locomotive is equipped with a smoke generator that produces a safe, clean,
white smoke during operation. Your VISION Line ES44AC HYBRID's smoke generator is
located under the exhaust stack in the middle of the engine roof. Place 20 drops of smoke
fluid in the stack for the first time, and 10 to 20 thereafter. See Figure 8 below. DO NOT
EXCEED 20 DROPS as this can cause your smoke unit to become oversaturated, allowing
leakage onto the electronics. Note that operating your locomotive's smoke unit without
smoke fluid will cause damage to the heating element.
If you prefer to operate your locomotive without smoke, locate the smoke unit switch
under the rear radiator hatch and slide it to the OFF position. Refer to Figure 2 on page 10
for the location of this switch.
Front of locomotive
Figure 8. Smoke fluid fill location
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Exhaust stack
Rear of locomotive
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