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The Missabe Road: Safety First
QUOTE: Originally posted by blhanel I have yet to get a cab ride in any loco [:(], but it's one of my goals in life. A ride in a mainline safety cab would be like winning the lotto, but at this point (I'm 51 years old) I'd take anything. Hey, coborn35, if I show up in Duluth someday, could I get a ride in that Geep?
Originally posted by paulsafety Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply arbfbe Member sinceFebruary 2002 910 posts Posted by arbfbe on Monday, July 11, 2005 1:36 AM Well, OK, so I do get paid to do this. I liked the MILW electrics really well but the boxcabs were in many ways my favorites. Were these things antiques or what? I got to ride in them from 1969 to 1974. No leg room, steel box for the engineers seat, steel straps with padding for the brakeman. A heater that was full on powered directly from the 3300 vdc trolley or off. Pipes every where and manual window wipers. Wood and steel all around. There you were right over the front pilot, what a view. On the way to Avery in the dead of winter with snow as high as the cab side window. If you ever are in Duluth go to the museum and take a tour of the E50 A&B and see what I mean. If only you could feel them move the way only then can. Reply jabrown1971 Member sinceMay 2003 From: US 195 posts Posted by jabrown1971 on Monday, July 11, 2005 1:04 AM Can't talk about my most memorable..............might end up in some trouble. But my first one was when I was a teenager. The local switcher would run around shale cars and deliver them to the brickyard, then go out and get back on the rest of it's train. One afternoon, even before getting home from school, the crew was running around the train and asked if I wanted to go........well of course I did. and after getting the train together, they dropped me off right in front of the house. Reply blhanel Member sinceJanuary 2002 From: Cedar Rapids, IA 4,213 posts Posted by blhanel on Sunday, July 10, 2005 10:05 PM I have yet to get a cab ride in any loco [:(], but it's one of my goals in life. A ride in a mainline safety cab would be like winning the lotto, but at this point (I'm 51 years old) I'd take anything. Hey, coborn35, if I show up in Duluth someday, could I get a ride in that Geep? Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net. Reply coborn35 Member sinceJanuary 2005 From: Duluth,Minnesota,USA 4,015 posts Posted by coborn35 on Sunday, July 10, 2005 7:16 PM I have had alot, the but the most memorable was the most recent. Last Friday, riding home after volunteering at the NSSR/LSRM we were running the newly repainted SOO LINE GP30 #700 and the horn is LOUD. The cab is huge and how we got a NS seat is beyond me. Come on down!!! Mechanical Department "No no that's fine shove that 20 pound set all around the yard... those shoes aren't hell and a half to change..." The Missabe Road: Safety First Reply espeefoamer Member sinceNovember 2003 From: West Coast 4,122 posts Posted by espeefoamer on Sunday, July 10, 2005 5:19 PM My first one,which was on a UP GP9 while switching an industry near my home. Ride Amtrak. Cats Rule, Dogs Drool. Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, July 10, 2005 2:38 PM I got a ride in a geep at the Anaheim Wye. Reply Edit adrianspeeder Member sinceMarch 2002 From: Harrisburg PA / Dover AFB DE 1,482 posts Posted by adrianspeeder on Sunday, July 10, 2005 2:19 PM The only one I have ever had, when I got to notch out a SD45! Oh, and welcome to the forums! Adrianspeeder USAF TSgt C-17 Aircraft Maintenance Flying Crew Chief & Flightline Avionics Craftsman Reply wctransfer Member sinceFebruary 2005 From: New Brighton, Minnesota 1,493 posts Posted by wctransfer on Sunday, July 10, 2005 2:02 PM Ummmm, going over the St.Croix Highbridge,(in the WC days) with my Uncle and Randy. Its fun. Alec Check out my pics! [url="http://wctransfer.rrpicturearchives.net/"] http://www.railpictures.net/showphotos.php?userid=8714 Reply paulsafety Member sinceFebruary 2002 From: NJ-NYC Area 192 posts What was your most memorable "cab ride" and why? Posted by paulsafety on Sunday, July 10, 2005 1:26 PM When I was a teenager, I was invited into the cab of a Septa MU for a brief cab ride (between 30th and Suburban Sta.). I got to sound the horn and get a great view of the intricate trackwork leading to the stub end, high level platforms of the PRRs Suburban Station. It was a very short trip, but great because I shared it with my dad and it was my only cab ride ever it has always stuck with me. How about you - what was your experience like? Reply Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub
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