What do (or did) they look like in the inside?

Peirce Mar 4, 2002

  1. Hytec

    Hytec TrainBoard Member

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    Man, I always wanted to be the guy who operated the snag arm .... :eek: :D
     
  2. Charlie

    Charlie TrainBoard Member

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    I have a postcard cancelled by a Santa Fe RPO.
    When I was a Cub Scout, We went to Dearborn Station and saw how an RPO worked and we were each give a postcard to
    address and send home.

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  3. Peirce

    Peirce Passed away April 3, 2009 In Memoriam

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    The conductor's "office..."

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    ...on a New Haven class NE-5 caboose.
     
  4. Peirce

    Peirce Passed away April 3, 2009 In Memoriam

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    Here is the engineer's side of an EMD SW-8. That's my wife, Janet, at the controls. One hand is firmly on the brake lever. (This is the first time she has ever driven a locomotive.)

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    The exterior of that same loco.

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  5. Hytec

    Hytec TrainBoard Member

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    WOW ... She gets all the FUN! [​IMG] [​IMG]
     
  6. Ironhorseman

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    She has the "parking lights, (front and rear) on, but no headlight! The lever just above the sign should be moved forward! *grinning with a wink*

    Is she pulling a train, or just moving the loco?
     
  7. Ironhorseman

    Ironhorseman April, 2018 Staff Member In Memoriam

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    She has the "parking lights", (front and rear) on, but no headlight! The lever just above the sign should be moved forward! *grinning with a wink*

    Is she pulling a train, or just moving the loco?
     
  8. Peirce

    Peirce Passed away April 3, 2009 In Memoriam

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    The exterior picture was taken at a different time, when the SW-8 was parked.

    My wife was only moving the loco. This is something we get to do once a year at the Danbury Railway Museum's Members-Only picnic. Needless to say it is done under very strict supervision. We go from one end of the yard to the other, and back. The trip probably takes a total of 5 to 10 minutes.
     
  9. Peirce

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    Here is a look inside a GP-9. This one is N&W number 620, which is owned and operated by the North Carolina Transportation Museum. Looking over the engineers shoulder, we have a good view of the controls. He is operating short-hood forward.
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    A close-up of the controls.
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    I don't know how many locos are equipped with dual controls, but this is the first one I have seen. Here is Janet sitting on the other side of the cab, where the controls are set up for operating long-hood forward.
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    I only have one picture to add to the discussion of the insides so....But its of the inside of my favorite diesel.. a GP-30, as a 30, not an M or a road slug....

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