I was born in NOLA. I'm not really a traction fan, but those New Orleans ones definitley strike a chord with me.
I was going to clarify the comments on the Desire line, but I see that Dave has summed up the situation nicely. It was about 1948 that the line was converted to bus which it still is today. A couple of minor differences between the 900's and 800's besides the air-operated doors that Dave mentioned: the conductor's stand on the 800's was a post from floor to ceiling with a dogleg in the middle with an oval ring in the middle to hang the transfer pads, changer and money bag while the post on the 900's only went halfway up (supported only from the floor). The hand-holds for standing passengers on the 800's were leather straps; on the 900's they were rigid metal rings that were spring-loaded to swing up when not in use. Growing up in N. O. I rode them pretty often and I loved them.
I remember reading "A Streetcar Named Desire" many years ago. It left me so depressed I couldn't sleep that night.
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"A stranger's just a friend you ain't met yet." --- Dave Gardner
Paul of Covington I was going to clarify the comments on the Desire line, but I see that Dave has summed up the situation nicely. It was about 1948 that the line was converted to bus which it still is today. A couple of minor differences between the 900's and 800's besides the air-operated doors that Dave mentioned: the conductor's stand on the 800's was a post from floor to ceiling with a dogleg in the middle with an oval ring in the middle to hang the transfer pads, changer and money bag while the post on the 900's only went halfway up (supported only from the floor). The hand-holds for standing passengers on the 800's were leather straps; on the 900's they were rigid metal rings that were spring-loaded to swing up when not in use. Growing up in N. O. I rode them pretty often and I loved them. I remember reading "A Streetcar Named Desire" many years ago. It left me so depressed I couldn't sleep that night.
Next time you read or watch another one of these angst-ridden plays, just remember that Arthur Miller's "All My Sons" about the guilt borne by an industrialist and his family is all Miller's uninformed fantasy.
Welding turns out to be an accepted practice in repairing cracks in piston-engine airplane cylinder heads.
If GM "killed the electric car", what am I doing standing next to an EV-1, a half a block from the WSOR tracks?
Last night started out on an intermodal train, 226 cars/platforms-16800 feet long. I only ran it for a couple miles that long to where we had a scheduled set out. After the set out we left with 208 cars/platforms-15600 feet long.
Only held once for about 15 minutes, blocking three crossings. When we were about 6 miles out from our crew change, I said to the conductor," About two more train lengths to go."
Jeff
jeffhergert Last night started out on an intermodal train, 226 cars/platforms-16800 feet long. I only ran it for a couple miles that long to where we had a scheduled set out. After the set out we left with 208 cars/platforms-15600 feet long. Only held once for about 15 minutes, blocking three crossings. When we were about 6 miles out from our crew change, I said to the conductor," About two more train lengths to go." Jeff
Are there any EMS restrictions with these trains?
SD60MAC9500 jeffhergert Last night started out on an intermodal train, 226 cars/platforms-16800 feet long. I only ran it for a couple miles that long to where we had a scheduled set out. After the set out we left with 208 cars/platforms-15600 feet long. Only held once for about 15 minutes, blocking three crossings. When we were about 6 miles out from our crew change, I said to the conductor," About two more train lengths to go." Jeff Are there any EMS restrictions with these trains?
Use it if you have it. We had it and I let it run. It did OK, but then intermodals aren't usually too hard to handle. Even the long ones.
The next trip home, I had 2.25 mile manifest that was mostly cushioned (long travel) drawbars. The EMS was working and I used it as instructed. We had the severest run out of slack coming through an identified break in two zone. I'm still surprised we didn't break a knuckle (or two) or pull out a drawbar. Needless to say, EMS didn't run it according to specific issued instructions a human has to follow. But that's OK.
Anecdotal. Reading the system recrew reports, the most knuckles broken in one train at one time I've seen is 5. I've seen it twice and I think both were mixed manifest trains. The most drawbars in one train I've seen is two. The wrong enders are the run ones.
You hardly ever see an Intermodal getting a knuckle or drawbar.
Paul MilenkovicWelding turns out to be an accepted practice in repairing cracks in piston-engine airplane cylinder heads.
If Arthur Miller had known more about the detail technology of welding he'd know better how last-minute fixing of cracks might have saved their bacon... but then there'd be no Elia Kazan play.
Box jacking in action
Florida East Coast Railway GP40-2 435 runs light past the Brightline Cocoa Tunnel construction site on the way to pick up some cars in City Point. This tunnel is being installed using a method called box-jacking which uses hydraulic jacks to push prefabricated tunnel segments into place. Eventually, the tunnel will hold double track for Brightline's new higher speed line to Orlando.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
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