And the answer is: Wow you guys really made a left turn. Lingo does vary by railroad. The railroad I work for refers to our motive power as locomotives and or motive power. You'll also hear locomotives referred to as "Road Power" or "Yard Power". Pictures from my railroad issued GP38-2 Manual, in which EMD refers to them as Diesel-Electric Locomotives Of course the railroad I work for refers to switcher locomotives (ie SW1001, SW1500, MP15DC) as shifters. The guys down south refer to SW1500's and MP15DC's as "Butt Head Switchers". Now I've heard the electric fleet referred to as motors, but they are long gone. Now the railroad I work for, if you said you needed a motor, the next question would be AH or AG? as the person would think you meant a traction motor. We had cabin cars, other railroads had waycars, but they all were cabooses. What is the correct answer, "D" all of the above
Welllllllllll...if the 1:1 manufactures call diesels 'Locomotives' thats good enough for me. I like all my diesel "locomotives" ....
Welcome back George, Good to have an unbiased opinion on board. One of the things you can look at is the terminology of the era you are modeling. There's loads of fun to be had as you look up the usage of the various railroads and the Lingo used by the Rails. Things have ping-ponged around in the 1:1 foot scale enough to spin your head around. You'll find some interesting definitions for a locomotive in the newer dictionaries. Compare them to the old ones. Aiiyiiyii! New doesn't mean better.
My point has always been...it's abou the Rails and the vocabulary or lingo they used. Not Suits, Engineers, or even Manufacturers of train equipment. It isn't easy to learn about these things but it certainly adds a element of realism to your operations night. But no one said you have to....George, or anyone else tuned in here! LOL
Like Rich_S said... "Lingo does vary by railroad. The railroad I work for refers to our motive power as locomotives and or motive power."
Getting a bit lost in some of this now, but inbetween it all, thanks indeed to you guys for the detailed info on the controls and connections between the things, as well as the chat about the combinations that have been seen and experienced. From a modelling perspective, I'm happy to conclude that for my purposes, in broad terms, if 2 units exist at the same point in time, you may well see them operating together, somewhere, sometime! Suits me fine. Donald Sent from my D5803 using Tapatalk
Little Eva was a new artist at the same label Carol King worked for, and babysat for Carol King. Supposedly Carol King wrote "Locomotion" expressly for Little Eva.
Too bad there isn't the variety of locomotive manufacturers that there once was. I have seen (or seen photos of) the CRI&P M.U everything but a Briggs and Stratton !!! While I'm sure it worked just fine, the EJ&E would MU their DT-6-6-2000s with EMD switchers. It really looked strange, especially with the switcher leading, running cab first !!!
LOL and still LOL don't mind my snickering. Go have some fun with your toy trains. Isn't that what it's really all about?
The Union Railroad did the same thing with their SD9's. It was an odd sight seeing a MP15DC, SD9, MP15DC consists leading one of their trains. The Union Railroad also always lead the MP15DC's cab first, even though the long hood was labeled with the "F".
Rick, I agree 100%. That is why I do not model modern railroads, they remind me too much of work. I'll stick to the 70's and if every once in awhile, I want to switch my cars at my local industries with my PRR K4, see rule #1, it's my layout. LOL.
I think it is time to run the my consist of an MP15 on point, followed by a PB-1, then a SD70MAC, then a GP20 and a F3 A on the end.
Just about the time you think you've got your your point across. Well, part of it. Aiiyiiyii. David, I like your lash-up of diesels configured the way you have them. Mu'd together via you DCC and assigned to the next freight headed out of town. Nice, very nice!
