Aren't the lights under the cab to show up the ballast so that you can tell when the loco's moving?

(12-23-2018, 08:10 PM)BR60103 Wrote: [ -> ]Aren't the lights under the cab to show up the ballast so that you can tell when the loco's moving?

That's what I thought, too, David, but I suspect the ones on the Stelco locos also serve as safety devices:  while lots of areas within the plant are floodlit, there are also lots of places where there's little to no lighting at all, and, of course, operations go on 24 hours a day.

A few years ago, a good friend got me a ride in this locomotive....



......and as it moved its train through that coal-loader in the distance, there was no sensation of motion, even if you looked out the window at the trees on one side or the river on the other.  I knew that we were moving though, as the over 100 hoppers in the train were being loaded as we moved along.  The only way to really verify that was to look down at the ground alongside the track.....





I recall the loader operator asking the engineer, over the radio, to "slow 'er down a bit" (I don't remember the exact wording, but something like 1/3 of a mph - in any case, a very precise and minute amount).


Wayne

CNR H6 Ten-wheeler #1533.Rapido Trains announced they will be producing the CNR H6 locomotives and a CPR D10 in 2019

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Lehigh and Hudson River Alco C420 #21

Bruce

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A F&C kit I have built for a friend.

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CNR Northerns U2G #6200 and U2c #6153

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Transformer car in G that I built

Conrail MOW truck

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CNR #3011 RS-3 leaving Pte St-Charles locomotives yard.

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Just tidying things up a bit:

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I always look forward to everyone else's contributions---great shots

CNR Alco FA-2 #9454 leaving St-Henri.

Is it allowed to post the same loco more than once? Different location though.

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Is it allowed to post the same loco more than once? Different location though.

Absolutely Guy---there are no rules---keep posting your great photos

Here's another shot of CNR U2G #6200

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CNR U1F #6060 "Bullet Nose Betty"

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