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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 9, 2003 1:09 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Trainnut484

QUOTE: Originally posted by jhhtrainsplanes

BTW By the way

O K, someone find me a big rock to crawl under. I feel lower than a slug (the slimmy kind, not a rr slug)


Would a put - put do if we can't find a big rock? LOL. I hope your CRS isn't as bad as mine [:D]


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Thanks Trainnut484. I just got in from work, walked the dog, got on the computer and I needed a good laugh. That was a good one. Some who read the post won't understand it, but they can read through our other post and learn about it. [8D]

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Posted by Trainnut484 on Friday, August 8, 2003 3:29 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by jhhtrainsplanes

BTW By the way

O K, someone find me a big rock to crawl under. I feel lower than a slug (the slimmy kind, not a rr slug)


Would a put - put do if we can't find a big rock? LOL. I hope your CRS isn't as bad as mine [:D]
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 8, 2003 12:26 PM
BTW By the way

O K, someone find me a big rock to crawl under. I feel lower than a slug (the slimmy kind, not a rr slug)
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 8, 2003 11:35 AM
jonnycando Help me out. B T W ? Right now my mind isn't work. Lost it somewhere. I hope when you answer I don't go "duhhhhhhhh I knew that".

Thanks Jim

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 7, 2003 12:43 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by ironken

QUOTE: Originally posted by thirdrail1

Hate to tell you, but in most of the English speaking world, including the country where railways originated, the person occupying the right hand seatbox is known as the "engine driver". Only in North America is he or she a "locomotive engineer".

Hate to tell you, but I can care less what the rest of the English speaking world calls the Engineer. You are the second Euro to come across shitty. You could come across a little less condescending. By the way, do you work on the RR?
Ken


Didn't mean to come across that way, sorry. Poor wording I suppose. And I am a RR employee, yes. Engineer.....driver....whatever. In the US BTW.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 5, 2003 4:19 PM
To the rest of you seeking photos, try GETS home page (GE trans systems), I think that they have a 360 view of the cab (a.k.a. my prison for 12hrs.).
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 5, 2003 4:15 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by thirdrail1

Hate to tell you, but in most of the English speaking world, including the country where railways originated, the person occupying the right hand seatbox is known as the "engine driver". Only in North America is he or she a "locomotive engineer".

Hate to tell you, but I can care less what the rest of the English speaking world calls the Engineer. You are the second Euro to come across shitty. You could come across a little less condescending. By the way, do you work on the RR?
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 5, 2003 11:19 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by thirdrail1

Hate to tell you, but in most of the English speaking world, including the country where railways originated, the person occupying the right hand seatbox is known as the "engine driver". Only in North America is he or she a "locomotive engineer".


And colloquially "driver" is indeed used in North America too. Along with Hogger, and other terms.
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Posted by emdgp92 on Monday, August 4, 2003 11:47 AM
Some cab photos are on this site: http://toyotameister.tripod.com/albany/

I shot these during the 2001 Penn Central RR Historical Society in Albany, NY. I have both an F40PH and Genesis cab view up there. Enjoy!
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 3, 2003 5:24 PM
I can send you cockpit photos since that is what I work on. At my end the airplanes are "green" (brand new). You can go to Falconjet.com and learn more. Sorry, I can't send you cabin photos (of the locos) I will have to leave that up to the lucky guys and gals who get to "run" then. By the way , we built a Falcon for one of the major rrs about a year ago. I won't tell you which rr but the "N" number contained 844. I know some of you have already figured that one out. Love to hear from rr ers and railfans, no hate mail, be nice. Hey you all stay safe and have a great day.


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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 22, 2002 12:18 AM
its close...but their are a few things on the computer screens on the simulator that are missing on the real thing.. but yea..its close enought to for me to consider it almost like the real thing
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 21, 2002 2:58 PM
Any comment on the Microsoft Simulator? is the cab layout on it pretty "standard"?
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 21, 2002 2:50 AM
Hi I didn't noticed this answer. Where can I find your email addres? Mine is:
kkj@privat.utfors.se
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 11, 2002 10:42 PM
BY THE WAY...WHO SAID COCKPIT PHOTOS..I WISH I COULD SAY I WAS A PILOT, BUT IM NOT...IM JUST AN ENGINEER..SO WE CALL THEM CABS!! LOL
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 11, 2002 10:39 PM
IF YOU REALY WANT PICS FROM INSIDE THE CAB...LET ME KNOW..ILL GIVE YOU MY EMAIL ADDRESS...I HAVE SOMETHING BETTER... ONE OF THE MANY PERKS OF BEING AN ENGINEER!!!ALL ILL SAY IS V.H.S.
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Posted by wabash1 on Monday, April 1, 2002 1:01 PM
my question was simple. and jason cought it. the thing is you dont srive a train that would mean we steer it. and since we dont steer the answer is you run it. and you are right the train handling is alittle more complex but the just of it is as you stated.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 25, 2002 11:34 PM
First off you dont "drive" a train, you run a train. The basics of a locomtives control's are "air brakes,independent brake used for just the loco,,reverser or direction handel and throttle, also some loco's have dynamic brakes wich reverse the traction moters and control the trains speed down a steep hill.

What an enginer will do to start a train is move the reverse handle into the desired direction, relase all the air brakes from the train, and advance the trottle to gain speed. Then he will control the trains speed with either the air brakes or throttle. Thats pretty much the basics of handling a train, alot of variables go into play but are to many to name here.
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Posted by thirdrail1 on Monday, March 25, 2002 9:17 PM
Hate to tell you, but in most of the English speaking world, including the country where railways originated, the person occupying the right hand seatbox is known as the "engine driver". Only in North America is he or she a "locomotive engineer".
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Posted by wabash1 on Monday, March 25, 2002 5:49 PM
what i want to know is how do you drive one. what or who is the driver
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 22, 2002 2:35 AM
Thank you Jack and Daniel
Now I am going to spend more time behind the computer, instead being out in the sunshine/rain/snowstorm (Chose what is best)
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 21, 2002 3:17 PM
This is a pretty good site:

http://www.trainweb.org/cnotp/proto/cab/cab.htm

There's also some neat wreck photos.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 21, 2002 9:29 AM
Try this link to Al Krug's web site. He takes some photos inside the cab. Click on photo essays

http://krugtales.50megs.com/rrpictale/rrpictale.htm
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 21, 2002 8:33 AM
Where can I find photos from inside of the loko. "The drivers view".

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