Railroaders place to shoot the shit.

Calvin · Upgraded Condition?

Its BASS ACKWARDS!!!!

Thunderwagon5000 · Barely a pulse...

Thanks for the note !

And...thanks for looking.

The Krink · The Forum Celestial Advisor

Cant say I ever seen a F/Covered Wagon B-unit leading
the way on anything more than making a setout. Uke
mentioned that the F7 B-units have controls inside for
the RH hostler to move it about the roundhouse tracks
without a "cab-unit" attached. That was something I never
knew before. I think the beginning of locomotives on each
end of a passenger train was early 70's when the Long Island
RR bought a bunch of ex-SPS Alco FA's and "removed their
brains" and made them do something else and remained
photogenic for a good time after that.

BlackDog · Purveyor of Positive Attitudes

I got to spend some quality time in an F45 running bass ackwards for 40 miles down the mainline one summer day. The following winter I got to do the same thing with a leased Amcrash F40.

Before the advent of LINTCO, us redheads had an operational rule that whenever we had a LAMCO unit with a low short hood but the "F" thingy was on the wrong end that we would set them up to run short hood first. I had a loaded ore train one day set up like that. The suckiest part was that I couldn't see the alerter light next to the front of the control stand blink for 5 seconds before one of the most gawd-awful screeching sirens would wail. It was a long trip to the Polish Riviera.

-- Edited by BlackDog on Wednesday 5th of November 2014 09:51:18 AM

Snippy · Force Majeure

Snippy personally saw to the elimination of that style of alerter. (Or, they have lied to Snippy.) N&W Red Bulb - the reason that *cy* is deaf.

Snippy is proud of that one accomplishment.

Cy Valley · Upgraded Condition

BD confesses that he can't run with the F in its proper position. Cy thinks BD is, wait, not here. BD knows that whatever Cy says, he says it with luv and respect.

BlackDog · Purveyor of Positive Attitudes

Cy Valley wrote:
BD confesses that he can't run with the F in its proper position. Cy thinks BD is, wait, not here. BD knows that whatever Cy says, he says it with luv and respect.

Don't be tu sure about that, Cy.

Cy Valley · Upgraded Condition

BlackDog wrote:

Don't be tu sure about that, Cy.

Thanks, O'bama.

BlackDog · Purveyor of Positive Attitudes

Snippy wrote:
Snippy personally saw to the elimination of that style of alerter. (Or, they have lied to Snippy.) N&W Red Bulb - the reason that *cy* is deaf.

Snippy is proud of that one accomplishment.

BlackDog thanks Snippy for his work.

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