Thanks guys for the info. You are right about Belmont. It is a great place to watch trains. It is fun to watch the helpers being cut off "on the fly." I was surprised the first time I saw that happen. Copyright 2008 Jerry DeBene
I actually had a nice young lady.... flirt with me on Sunday after we ran the passenger train! I was giving her and her nubile friends a tour of our venerable GP-9, and trying to explain the difference in the contact patches of locomotive wheels and road vehicle tires. While I'm moving around, she is keeping right in front of me, and basically making me look over and around her while trying to explain this stuff, that I'm sure none of them are REALLY interested in. Her friends leave the cab, through the engineers door, and she just stops in the doorway, kinda arches her body out the door while hanging onto the top of the door frame, wearing what amount to Daisy Dukes, and will NOT let me get out. I keep saying, as nicely as possible, "Thanks for coming up, come again, sometime!", but she won't move!LOL! I think I had an actual groupie!LOL! She finally let go of the door, and kinda "switched" down the walkway to the steps! My question is....is this normal? I want more of it!LOL! It made for a nice 100+ degree Sunday! Bob Copyright 2008 Jerry DeBene
Funny this has never happened to me. Maybe the cute girls don't like coal trains? But the helpers are sexy......right? Adam Copyright 2008 Jerry DeBene
fuel dilution. bad injector [body, rack, nozzle or needle valve leaking] or fuel jumper line cracked or leaking. you could run the engine quite a long time with bad oil before everything gets real bad.. as long as the governor isn't shutting it down at idle, run it if you need to, or stick the do not start tag on the start station and in the cab and fill out the appropreate paperwork [538d on cn loco's] or. run it until it blows... gives me something to work on in the shop... Copyright 2008 Jerry DeBene
Thanks, Nick! Adam...what can I cay? If they understood the fun of running a coal drag over a bunch of hogbacks, maybe they'd "step up"!LOL! Bob Copyright 2008 Jerry DeBene
Bob, Gee, I wish that I was younger and had a volunteer engineer job like you. I envy you. For several reasons. Really. But please don't mention GP-9's, young nubile ladies, AND Daisy Dukes again in the same post. I have a weakness for ALL of those. I'm not sure that I can stand it. Grrr.... ! C'mon, Bob, WHERE was your camera? Or your note pad? After this, you didn't get a phone number? LOL It sounds to me that she MAY have liked to learn a bit more about "contact patches". But I'm guessing that it made your volunteer time feel a bit less of a burden. So, you both won. She had fun flirting with you, and you had fun being flirted with. Life is good. Copyright 2008 Jerry DeBene
Duane; Being that I'm old enough to be her......older...brother, it just wouldn't have worked!LOL! I just thought it was kinda blatant...in a good way. And, yes, I have a fondness for GP-9's and Daisy Dukes myself. I WAS kicking myself for not getting a group photo...for histories sake; of course. But, like you said, it was all good! Bob Copyright 2008 Jerry DeBene
Bob, I've had a couple of similar experiences over the years but "No" they're not normal...Nice distraction, though... :angel: Can't say that I have any of the pictures that were taken either (but I know that I'm in a few of them)... Copyright 2008 Jerry DeBene
Nick, you know me, I am also a diesel mechanic. But on trucks not trains. I agree it could probably run like that but I think the answer the railroad is looking for is to tag it and not start it under any circumstances. Possibility is for a crankcase explosion. Birken Copyright 2008 Jerry DeBene
This, in my mind, is the best answer. But as a conductor I can tell you it is not always the one we get. I have seen people get told to run with something like this. Safety first...right? Adam Copyright 2008 Jerry DeBene
In that case I would probably just take note and stay away from the prime mover when it's running then...if it blows it blows...I can't imagine that wayward engine parts could get that terribly far but that probably just means it's time for a war story. Birken Copyright 2008 Jerry DeBene
Hey, what's this in the engine compartment? Oh thats just the main bearing. I've heard this war story before, no kidding. Adam Copyright 2008 Jerry DeBene
I recently saw some kind of wheel wiper on an eastern RR SD40-2 located on the front and rear wheels of both trucks. The wiper was placed on the inside radius of the wheel. Any idea what this is for as it looked like a new add on? Copyright 2008 Jerry DeBene
Say What ? ! ? ! ? ! ? The above is all chinese to me. How about some more info on what RR this is , where these locations are, and the power involved. Not all of us are as knowledgeable in international railroading as we'd like to be. Copyright 2008 Jerry DeBene
SRT-FAN posts topics about the Thailand National Railroad on the International Forum. Here is his latest thread... http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/showthread.php?t=78792 The "State Railway of Thailand" has a website, this is the route map. http://www.railway.co.th/English/network.asp Copyright 2008 Jerry DeBene
