Streamliners
May 29, 2018 21:44:09 #
ClinchfieldPaul
Loc: Salisbury NC
Jay Pat wrote:
I keep coming back to look again.
Did you get a shot of the driving controls?
Thanks, Pat
Did you get a shot of the driving controls?
Thanks, Pat
Pat, which locomotive do want to see the controls for. The Southern 6900 E8 had a desk top control for the brakes. The FP7 6133 has its brake and control stand
May 29, 2018 21:47:45 #
ClinchfieldPaul
Loc: Salisbury NC
You are correct about the New Haven engine. That is why they brought it into the roundhouse to reinstall the pick up shoe though we don't have a third rail on the property but to make it look the way it normally ran
May 29, 2018 21:53:47 #
londonfire
Loc: NY to NC
I used to ride from Albany to NYC a lot in the old days, sometimes going down just to pick up camera equipment. I remember stopping at Croton Harmon to switch the diesels over to an electric unit before the tunnels. It used to add about a half hour to the trip. I think that system went by the wayside when the ill fated Turbo trains came online.
May 29, 2018 21:57:57 #
ClinchfieldPaul wrote:
Pat, which locomotive do want to see the controls for. The Southern 6900 E8 had a desk top control for the brakes. The FP7 6133 has its brake and control stand
Any of them.
I've never in the cab of these locomotives.
May 31, 2018 02:46:53 #
ClinchfieldPaul wrote:
A few photos from the streamliner event
Excellent photos and a great collection of classic motive power.
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