Dash 8 on switching duty?

[Anonymous]

Just the other day I was on the Decatur-Mattoon turn and we had 2459 which is one of the EX LMS Dash 8s.

[Anonymous]

Just the other day I was on the Decatur-Mattoon turn and we had 2459 which is one of the EX LMS Dash 8s.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken

Probably was the nearest thing lying around at the San Bernardino yard. The motive power clerks in Ft. Worth just saw it as "another number/ another available locomotive" on their computer screen and reasoned "why Not?"

In the past, have seen UP switching Cheyenne with DD40AX's (roadmaster must have died if he saw that thing attacking yard switches!), so nothing is that unusual.

Steve Lee must have looked at the yardmaster and said " YOU WANT ME TO DO WHAT ". Ok their your switches!!!!!!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken

Probably was the nearest thing lying around at the San Bernardino yard. The motive power clerks in Ft. Worth just saw it as "another number/ another available locomotive" on their computer screen and reasoned "why Not?"

In the past, have seen UP switching Cheyenne with DD40AX's (roadmaster must have died if he saw that thing attacking yard switches!), so nothing is that unusual.

Steve Lee must have looked at the yardmaster and said " YOU WANT ME TO DO WHAT ". Ok their your switches!!!!!!!!!!!

[brilondon]

I have seen many high horse power mainline units doing switch duty. It depends on what is availible at the time the swithching is needed and what is availible. I have also thought that it is probably cheaper to use personal who is in the yard to run the trains and make use of them because they are being paid any way then to call a crew to do the switching and then have to pay for both crews. They just make use of the resources availible to them.

[brilondon]

I have seen many high horse power mainline units doing switch duty. It depends on what is availible at the time the swithching is needed and what is availible. I have also thought that it is probably cheaper to use personal who is in the yard to run the trains and make use of them because they are being paid any way then to call a crew to do the switching and then have to pay for both crews. They just make use of the resources availible to them.