Trains.com

engine crews

461 views
1 replies
1 rating 2 rating 3 rating 4 rating 5 rating
  • Member since
    April 2004
  • From: North Idaho
  • 1,311 posts
Posted by jimrice4449 on Wednesday, August 31, 2005 10:36 AM
It should have been the engineer on the train that had the disabled T-1. You're called for a job and the engine is irrelevant. There's also a potential problem concerning whether or not the G-5 engr was qualified for psgr
  • Member since
    April 2003
  • 305,205 posts
engine crews
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 31, 2005 10:02 AM

This has puzzled me for 50 years. Who ran the engine,steam ?
At Newcomerstown, OH on the main line PRR Pittsburgh PA to Columbus,OH in 1950 a westbound regularly scheduled passenger train with a T-1 on the head end was stopped at the station which was not in use. As this was unusual I went to investigate. The conductor and engineman were at the wayside telephone.
There was a work train headed west on the Y , adjacent, with a G-5 4-6-0 equipped with steam and signal lines for passenger service., which was uncoupled and pulled out on the eastbound main.
the T-1 was uncoupled and moved to a team track at the station. The G-5 crosses to the west bound main and coupled to the passenger consist and headed out for Columbus, OH.
Which engineman took over to complete the run ?

Join our Community!

Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account.

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