06-17-2009, 06:49 PM
What has been sacrificed is the speed of doing something at the back of the train. A train going into a siding has to leave the conductor behind to restore the switch and then he has to walk up to the front end again to operate the other switch.
I think the GO trains (push-pull commuters in Toronto) have a crew of 4. In push mode there is an engineer, a second person in the loco, a conductor and a trainman who operates the doors. (At least it was 5 years ago when I rode them.)
I think the GO trains (push-pull commuters in Toronto) have a crew of 4. In push mode there is an engineer, a second person in the loco, a conductor and a trainman who operates the doors. (At least it was 5 years ago when I rode them.)
David
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.