Engineers in the dummy units gotta go.

[ChiefEagles]

"Smoke Stack Lightnin'"

In my situation, the dummy units that aren't tethered are non-illuminated and relatively expensive to upgrade for lead engines. 

Rich F.

$20.00. to light them and about $20.00 more to smoke one [if wanted].  Then they can be lead engines.  If I were at home, I could post your a picture [most on here have seen] of a MTH Dash 8 NS that I did.  

Actually the Nawth is covered with grits with the invisiable coating.  One day they will cover the ground during the winter.  You'll think it is snohio but it will be grits.

BTW: this screwy software will not allow me to copy Rich's quote. ??????????

[Boyd]

I could  just see that poor little plastic guy screaming NOOOO MISTER BILL when he sees that exacto knife coming his way. For more realism they could make off duty engineers/brakemen sleeping on the floor of the dummy engine. Or if you are modelling the 80s you could have the engineer holding a joint in one hand and his other hand on the lever in notch 8.
On one of my steam engines I cup open a real hole where they shovel the coal in and put a red light in there with a satan holding his pitchfork. Inside of the cab is a guy playing a banjo.

[RR Redneck]

Ha. That is funny. I like that idea.

[Smoke Stack Lightnin']

With a pair of wire cutters and a file I cut off their heads and arms and filed them into seats.  With a little more patience could have done tuck and roll.

PS- I've decided to let the others live.

Rich F. aka Slugo 

[jefelectric]

Worse than putting engineers in dummy units, is putting them in powered units on the wrong side & looking the wrong way!

My new MTH SD-9 in PRR came set up to run short hood front.  The PRR didn't run them that way.

If I run it long hood front the engineer is on the firemans side looking back at the train.  Also it now starts up in reverse and the couplers are labeled wrong on the DCS remote.  Life is tough.

I would guess that there are other road names that have this problem as well.

[RR Redneck]

Thank god Southern never had that problem.