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RE: SIDE SHOT SATURDAY - BR60103 - 12-23-2018
Aren't the lights under the cab to show up the ballast so that you can tell when the loco's moving?
RE: SIDE SHOT SATURDAY - doctorwayne - 12-24-2018
(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....
![[Image: JUNE2012TRIPPHOTOS117.jpg]](https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/proto%20foe-toes/JUNE2012TRIPPHOTOS117.jpg)
......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.....
![[Image: JUNE2012TRIPPHOTOS126.jpg]](https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/proto%20foe-toes/JUNE2012TRIPPHOTOS126.jpg)
![[Image: JUNE%202012%20TRIP%20PHOTOS%20133.jpg]](https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/Proto%20foe-toes%20II/JUNE%202012%20TRIP%20PHOTOS%20133.jpg)
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
RE: SIDE SHOT SATURDAY - cn nutbar - 12-29-2018
CNR H6 Ten-wheeler #1533.Rapido Trains announced they will be producing the CNR H6 locomotives and a CPR D10 in 2019
RE: SIDE SHOT SATURDAY - bdw9535 - 12-29-2018
Lehigh and Hudson River Alco C420 #21
Bruce
RE: SIDE SHOT SATURDAY - CNR5103 - 12-29-2018
A F&C kit I have built for a friend.
RE: SIDE SHOT SATURDAY - cn nutbar - 01-05-2019
CNR Northerns U2G #6200 and U2c #6153
RE: SIDE SHOT SATURDAY - ngauger - 01-05-2019
Transformer car in G that I built
RE: SIDE SHOT SATURDAY - bdw9535 - 01-05-2019
Conrail MOW truck
Bruce
RE: SIDE SHOT SATURDAY - CNR5103 - 01-05-2019
CNR #3011 RS-3 leaving Pte St-Charles locomotives yard.
RE: SIDE SHOT SATURDAY - ezdays - 01-05-2019
Just tidying things up a bit:
RE: SIDE SHOT SATURDAY - cn nutbar - 01-05-2019
I always look forward to everyone else's contributions---great shots
RE: SIDE SHOT SATURDAY - CNR5103 - 01-12-2019
CNR Alco FA-2 #9454 leaving St-Henri.
Is it allowed to post the same loco more than once? Different location though.
RE: SIDE SHOT SATURDAY - cn nutbar - 01-12-2019
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
RE: SIDE SHOT SATURDAY - cn nutbar - 01-12-2019
Here's another shot of CNR U2G #6200
RE: SIDE SHOT SATURDAY - cn nutbar - 01-19-2019
CNR U1F #6060 "Bullet Nose Betty"