Snippy wrote:

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Windshield heaters are for pussies in pink shirts with little alligators on them.

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Not for faggots in pin striped bibs and red wings?

Zirb, is that you? That looks like a windshield heater guy.

Brizy wrote:

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Had a piece of shit CSX unit last night to lead the way....Those funky desktop types that barely hold your paperwork let alone a soda or heaven forbib- a jug of coffee.....

Low toad seat that you couldnt adjust....And no fuckin windshield heaters....My gawd, man! I had to plug up all the vents that blow on the windshield in order to keep the fuckin thing from foggin up...

The second out engine was an old Conrail unit that for the life of me I couldnt find the Dynamic Cutout on it....I looked high and low...Was traveling flat land last night so I didnt care either way....

I HATE east coast power!

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Probably both ex-Gonerail engs. Some of those first Gonerail CW40's with the blue-green tinted screens are real turds. They usually have a track spike wedged between the stand and the wall to keep the desk top from doing the maytag "dance".
Its a bitch ta get one with a replacement windshield that comes std with the defroster wires embedded in it, and to see the pigtail hanging out, nothing to wire it up to.
2 methods to get condensation off window. (never enough crew packs to plug up vent that goes whole way across the windshield.)
1) Turn heater on High...blows warm air on windshield but sucks if its warm outside.
2) smear contents of green hand cleaner pak on windshield and smear around. wipe off with a couple paper towels...wont fog up again.. 

I had an engine today that when you pulled the horn switch the bell just came on. They had the old part sitting on the consule, but it still wasn't fixed.

Buckethead wrote:

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I wish I would have thread more closely, so I didn't have to keep wiping the fucking window for 100+ miles. CSXT 5246, I couldn't figure how to get those windows clear. And what the fuck is with the bells going off for no reason? And the B/O water cooler? And that stinky fucking toilet? Piss sprays everywhere when you whiz out the back door at 50 mph.

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A) turn heater on high. Close the (Or plug opening with crew pack held down by air hose wrench) heater outlet on the floor so more air is available to blow on the windshield. You should be able to feel air blowing out from holes drilled in channel under windshield. Sometimes turning sun visors ( if they haven't been torn off and throwed overboard because you cant tighten them up ta keep em out of the way when not needed) to help direct air over windshield and thru the fan mounted in the overhead helps. Rotate fan speed control to maximum. ( i was on a UP engine one time that had a big green visor like a school bus uses to flip down over windshield. I thought it was great. never seen one since)
B) as with all CSX GE's if you stop and don't immeadiatley center the reverser the bells will ring. TOTAL pain in the ass.
C) If you dont put ice in the ice box it wont get cold. never saw a refridge on a CSX engine. Most usually if its screwed up, its from people kicking the door shut. Pretty soon you be able ta leave a six pack of water out on the nose...
D) gotta dump it ta get rid of smell. look around cooler, there is usually a spray bottle of stuff called "Bubblegum", its industrial Febreeze. Three or four sprays on a road killed deer will keep the buzzards away for days...
E) 25mph or below keeps ya from that spit inta the wind problem... 

I finally figured out how to dump those new "rail pale" toilets from inside the cab...Im tired of the motherfuckers not doin there jobs and draining em at terminals like they should...

No more blue swishy in my cab....