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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by chad thomas</i> <br /><br />Tell em' yea, it's right next to the gear shifter. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Strangely enough, there are a few locos out there with gearshifts - usually small switchers though there have been some larger experimental diesel-mechanical types. It's more common on railcars - British Railways ordered thousands of diesel railcars from various builders for branchline services, most of these had a couple of bus engines under the power car(s) driving through 4-speed gearboxes (manual shift) and then via cardan shafts to the inner axle of each truck. Basically a British equivelent to the Budd RDC. <br /> <br />Some of these stories are brilliant - especially liked the Pizza one, that had me laughing out loud! Sadly I don't have any to share - the only one I've seen (and this is more an example of stupidity than odd encounters) was the person who happily crossed with his wife and two kids in front of a moving steam switcher on a museum line - this despite the loco crew blowing the whistle, the guard (conductor) blowing his whistle, another crew member yelling and everyone gesticulating at them to get off the tracks. Luckily, we missed them, but if one had caught a foot in a switch (or similar) I'm not sure the crew could have stopped in time - takes a while to bring even our tiny locos to a stop! <br /> <br />
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