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Posted by BaltACD on Wednesday, January 22, 2020 5:49 PM

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Never a big fan of ALCO, smokey, noisy. Not sure what you mean by E-unit. 

FA's were ALCO's freight cabs, PA's were their passenger cabs.

Similarly, the F units were EMD's freight cabs, the E units their passenger cabs.

The freight units were B-B's.  Both the ALCO and the EMD passenger units were A1A-A1A.

Some EMD F's were built with passenger capability (ie, a steam generator), most notably for the Santa Fe, which I don't think ever bought any E's.

The ATSF had a number of E's the original streamlined Super Chief had a pair of E's for power.  They used their F's for most Chicago-West Coast routes.  The used E's on Chicago-Texas routes and the San Deiagns - routes without serious grade issues.

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Posted by tree68 on Wednesday, January 22, 2020 3:53 PM

243129
Never a big fan of ALCO, smokey, noisy. Not sure what you mean by E-unit.

FA's were ALCO's freight cabs, PA's were their passenger cabs.

Similarly, the F units were EMD's freight cabs, the E units their passenger cabs.

The freight units were B-B's.  Both the ALCO and the EMD passenger units were A1A-A1A.

Some EMD F's were built with passenger capability (ie, a steam generator), most notably for the Santa Fe, which I don't think ever bought any E's.

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Posted by 243129 on Wednesday, January 22, 2020 3:40 PM

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Flintlock76

Thanks!  So I guess you're an EMD fan?

Absolutely!Yes

 

 

Good to see you are still out and about, and staying active in retirement.

Did you ever get a chance to work on ALCO PA's?  If yes, what were they like in comparison to an E-unit?

 

 

Never a big fan of ALCO, smokey, noisy. Not sure what you mean by E-unit.

 

ALCO is the trailing unit below. NH bought them and GE's in the 60's. Both junk from an operator's standpoint.

 

 

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Posted by SD70Dude on Tuesday, January 21, 2020 3:34 PM

243129
Flintlock76

Thanks!  So I guess you're an EMD fan?

Absolutely!Yes

Good to see you are still out and about, and staying active in retirement.

Did you ever get a chance to work on ALCO PA's?  If yes, what were they like in comparison to an E-unit?

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Posted by divebardave on Monday, January 20, 2020 6:39 PM

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Posted by divebardave on Monday, January 20, 2020 6:38 PM

As I recall the railroad Museum is located on the few remaning strectches of the New York and New England Railroad which was a fast main line at one time of the "White Train"

 

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Posted by mudchicken on Monday, January 20, 2020 6:24 PM

Just shiny things. Oh well.

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Posted by 243129 on Monday, January 20, 2020 3:34 PM

Flintlock76

Thanks!  So I guess you're an EMD fan?

 

Absolutely!Yes

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Monday, January 20, 2020 2:27 PM

Thanks!  So I guess you're an EMD fan?

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Posted by 243129 on Monday, January 20, 2020 12:02 PM

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What were a fireman's duties in 1963?

'Apprentice engineer' , lookout, trouble shooter on multiple unit consists, steam generator operator, learning as you go in all classes of service thereby creating a ready reserve of engineers. A far cry from today's inadequate hiring, vetting and training procedures. However Arbitration Award 282 eliminated that form of training.

 

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Posted by 243129 on Monday, January 20, 2020 11:53 AM

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Say 243129, did you ever run that RS-3, and if so, what was it like?

 

Yes I did in both freight and passenger service. Not very operator friendly as the 'F' end was the long nose forward, poor cab design and typical of ALCO, lots of smoke.

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Posted by 243129 on Monday, January 20, 2020 11:49 AM

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You might have been a fireman on one of those trips.

I might well have been.

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On one trip I had a meeting on a Sunday at Christ Church Greenwich, and the meeting ran late, and I missed the last mu to GCT to get the Owl. The church secretary called the NH Dispatcher at NH and he agreed to have the train stop at Stamford so I could board.

The New Haven was very accommodating, the 'old style' customer service/relations no longer exists.

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Monday, January 20, 2020 8:56 AM

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daveklepper

Did you work on it at the museum or earlier?

 

 

 

No, I was the fireman on it in 1963. My first railroad assignment. 11:55 P.M. East Class #3

 

What were a fireman's duties in 1963?

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Monday, January 20, 2020 7:54 AM

Say 243129, did you ever run that RS-3, and if so, what was it like?

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Posted by daveklepper on Sunday, January 19, 2020 10:08 PM

In 1963 I was a regular commuter on the New Haven between Boston and New York, every week going to NY in a roomette on the Owl and returning on the Owl after a concert at Lincoln Center, or on the Merchants directly from 101 Park Avenue or if missing the Merchants on the 6pm Bankers Springfield train with across-the-platform to the Patriot at New Haven.

You might have been a fireman on one of those trips.

On one trip I had a meeting on a Sunday at Christ Church Greenwich, and the meeting ran late, and I missed the last mu to GCT to get the Owl.  The church secretary called the NH Dispatcher at NH and he agreed to have the train stop at Stamford so I could board.

On another occasion, see the C. B, Fisk Organ website, the organ firm had a special car on a Sunday afternoon Boston - NY train so Boston music lovers could attend the inaugural recital of their organ at St. Marks Episcopal Church in Westerly, R. I.  But a freight derailment closed the line between Rt. 128 and Pawtucket, and we detoured via Blackstone and the Framingham Branch and caught only the second half of the concert.

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Posted by 243129 on Sunday, January 19, 2020 9:51 PM

daveklepper

Did you work on it at the museum or earlier?

 

No, I was the fireman on it in 1963. My first railroad assignment. 11:55 P.M. East Class #3

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Posted by daveklepper on Sunday, January 19, 2020 2:52 PM

Did you work on it at the museum or earlier?

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Posted by 243129 on Saturday, January 18, 2020 9:53 PM

Flintlock76

I see the picture.  You handsome devil you!

I'm talking to the RS-3, I can't say as much for the guy standing nex to it!  Wink

 

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Saturday, January 18, 2020 9:00 PM

I see the picture.  You handsome devil you!

I'm talking to the RS-3, I can't say as much for the guy standing nex to it!  Wink

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Posted by 243129 on Saturday, January 18, 2020 6:48 PM

Flintlock76

You're welcome!  Can't help you with the picture posting I'm afraid...

 

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Saturday, January 18, 2020 6:45 PM

You're welcome!  Can't help you with the picture posting I'm afraid...

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Posted by 243129 on Saturday, January 18, 2020 6:44 PM

Flintlock76

Let me light that up for you.

http://www.rmne.org/  

 

Thank you. I'm trying to post a picture without success.

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Saturday, January 18, 2020 6:40 PM

Let me light that up for you.

http://www.rmne.org/  

Nice!  I've gotta get up there one of these days!

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Railroad Museum of New England
Posted by 243129 on Saturday, January 18, 2020 6:29 PM

I had previously donated some memorabilia to the museum and I was invited to tour their facility and be 'reunited' with the very first locomotive I had worked on.

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What a marvelous facility, the volunteers are enthusiastic, knowledgeable and personable. Their workshop is on a par with that of a Class 1 railroad. Check out their website, they have a lot to offer.

http://www.rmne.org/

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