IAFarmer Dont forget the small cab doors on the old toasters too.
Dont forget the small cab doors on the old toasters too.
ATSFGuy Were GP40's liked by crews? Did they pull well?
Were GP40's liked by crews? Did they pull well?
Posted by zardoz on Saturday, January 26, 2019 1:01 PM IAFarmer Dont forget the small cab doors on the old toasters too. Or how about the small toilet compartment on a SD50: too short to be able to stand up and pee, and too small to sit. They would have made a nice facility for a kid's fort.
Or how about the small toilet compartment on a SD50: too short to be able to stand up and pee, and too small to sit. They would have made a nice facility for a kid's fort.
That's not true for the N&W's high hood GP-40's.
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zardoz IAFarmer Dont forget the small cab doors on the old toasters too. Or how about the small toilet compartment on a SD50: too short to be able to stand up and pee, and too small to sit. They would have made a nice facility for a kid's fort.
I don't remember if it was the SD50 or SD60 that they had mounted a big electrical box on the wall facing the toilet. Neither sitting or standing were options. I couldn't even get in the compartment. Obviously the one who planned that layout was never going to use those "facilities".
Jeff
i thought it was both the 50's and 60's had the tiny toilet area with a giant cab signal box where you would need to fit.
jeffhergert zardoz IAFarmer Dont forget the small cab doors on the old toasters too. Or how about the small toilet compartment on a SD50: too short to be able to stand up and pee, and too small to sit. They would have made a nice facility for a kid's fort. I don't remember if it was the SD50 or SD60 that they had mounted a big electrical box on the wall facing the toilet. Neither sitting or standing were options. I couldn't even get in the compartment. Obviously the one who planned that layout was never going to use those "facilities". Jeff
BigJim Posted by zardoz on Saturday, January 26, 2019 1:01 PM IAFarmer Dont forget the small cab doors on the old toasters too. Or how about the small toilet compartment on a SD50: too short to be able to stand up and pee, and too small to sit. They would have made a nice facility for a kid's fort. That's not true for the N&W's high hood GP-40's.
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Jeff, you may be right regarding the SD60's; I just cannot remember any issues with those. But those 7000-series were awful.
Twice over the years I stopped my train so I could either use the can in another unit, or better yet, go to a gas station or restaurant to use their facilities. Got called in for doing that once; took the Trainmaster up on the unit and asked him to show me how to use the toilet. After a peek in the unit's nose, the smart-ass know-nothing quickly got off the locomotive, and I never heard another word regarding the incident.
jeffhergertI don't remember if it was the SD50 or SD60 that they had mounted a big electrical box on the wall facing the toilet. Neither sitting or standing were options. I couldn't even get in the compartment. Obviously the one who planned that layout was never going to use those "facilities".
Now they have the racks of PTC crap that forces the toilet into odd places.
What is old is new again.
ever see those NS low-nosed EMDs (sd40-2s maybe) that had the Keebler elf door to get to the toilet? There was no step down like in 99% of the other engines. So the door was only 4' tall.
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zugmann jeffhergert I don't remember if it was the SD50 or SD60 that they had mounted a big electrical box on the wall facing the toilet. Neither sitting or standing were options. I couldn't even get in the compartment. Obviously the one who planned that layout was never going to use those "facilities". Now they have the racks of PTC crap that forces the toilet into odd places. What is old is new again. ever see those NS low-nosed EMDs (sd40-2s maybe) that had the Keebler elf door to get to the toilet? There was no step down like in 99% of the other engines. So the door was only 4' tall.
jeffhergert I don't remember if it was the SD50 or SD60 that they had mounted a big electrical box on the wall facing the toilet. Neither sitting or standing were options. I couldn't even get in the compartment. Obviously the one who planned that layout was never going to use those "facilities".
We had doors like that on some of the low nose EMDs. Not only was the toilet down there, but the cut outs for cab signals and train control, too.
zugmannever see those NS low-nosed EMDs (sd40-2s maybe) that had the Keebler elf door to get to the toilet? There was no step down like in 99% of the other engines. So the door was only 4' tall.
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