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Here is the same locomotive with and without dynamic brakes. This is the old EMD SD45.

With dynamic brakes:



Without dynamic brakes:



You can clearly see the additional radiators in the center of the long hood on the version with the dynamic brakes. There are a couple of big fans on the top of the hood directly above them as well - you can kind of see them, the big round housings. These things generate a lot of heat. Kind of surprising that, in this day and age, no effort is made to recover that energy.
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