Well, being that it is always 2:00 in the afternoon in Centerville, I guess this mail train is running in the daylight.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
wjstix SeeYou190 When converted back to freight units, was this just regearing? Did they retain the steam generators so they could be used in passenger (mail) service if needed? I believe the Santa Fe FTs had their steam generators removed when they reverted back to freight service; ATSF had enough F-units by then to haul their passenger trains. However, some railroads did have FTs (or other diesels) that were primarily freight engines but with steam generators in case of an emergency need for passenger power. The Missabe had two SD-9s with steam generators for example.
SeeYou190 When converted back to freight units, was this just regearing? Did they retain the steam generators so they could be used in passenger (mail) service if needed?
I believe the Santa Fe FTs had their steam generators removed when they reverted back to freight service; ATSF had enough F-units by then to haul their passenger trains. However, some railroads did have FTs (or other diesels) that were primarily freight engines but with steam generators in case of an emergency need for passenger power. The Missabe had two SD-9s with steam generators for example.
According to E. D. Worley in Iron Horses of the Santa Fe Trail the last use of passenger FTs on the Santa Fe was in Ash Fork-Phoenix service in 1953. In a caption Worley wrote that some of the booster units retained their steam generators until 1953. See pages 449-450.
Additionaly six Santa Fe FT boosters gave up their steam generators for installlation in new GP7s 2650-2654 (1950) and 2848 (1953). See Priest's The Santa Fe Diesel volume 1 page 127.
EMD 1-1-1959 Product Data shows all the remaining Santa Fe FTs had 62:15 gearing. It does show FT booster #415A (ex-151C) with a 3000 pound per hour steam generator.
Ed in Kentucky
SeeYou190Well, being that it is always 2:00 in the afternoon in Centerville, I guess this mail train is running in the daylight.
Of course, if it's always 2:00, either they are going to be having the milkman visit or be eating breakfast at 2:00, or not need nourishment at all because nothing ages. Maybe what you need is a Tunnel Under the World/Groundhog Day situation where it resets to be Tuesday, August 3rd when no one's still awake. That gets rid of the obvious semantic contradiction that you have trains that move...
SeeYou190 Well, being that it is always 2:00 in the afternoon in Centerville, I guess this mail train is running in the daylight. -Kevin
wjstixWell there were no rules saying mail trains could only run at night,
Let's think about this for a minute.
It's a 3 or 4 DAY run between Chicago and LA. Obviously mail trains will be running both day and night. The only way a mail train could only run at night is if it was on a run that was 10 hours or less, which is somewhere in the neighborhood of 300-500 miles.
Unless of course they were running a "vampire" train that runs 10 hours at night then they hide it during the day, then run it 10 hours at night, hide it during the day, etc.
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OvermodThat gets rid of the obvious semantic contradiction that you have trains.
There is no contradiction.
wjstixIt's just that mail trains (and milk trains) normally didn't carry passengers.
There is just the one passenger capable car tacked onto the rear, just in the case a paying pasenger is available. This car is also an office.
dehusmanUnless of course they were running a "vampire" train.
I did not know Vampire Trains were an option...
SeeYou190I did not know Vampire Trains were an option...
The hardest part is finding the replacement lettering to change the letter boards on the cars from "PENNSYLVANIA" to "TRANSYLVANIA".
dehusmanChange the letter boards on the cars from "PENNSYLVANIA" to "TRANSYLVANIA".
I think that I might find a way to add something like this to the fleet.
dehusman wjstix Well there were no rules saying mail trains could only run at night, Let's think about this for a minute. It's a 3 or 4 DAY run between Chicago and LA. Obviously mail trains will be running both day and night.
wjstix Well there were no rules saying mail trains could only run at night,
It's a 3 or 4 DAY run between Chicago and LA. Obviously mail trains will be running both day and night.