Quentin
QUOTE: Originally posted by Modelcar ....I am not an expert on the different lights on engines but I see the questions being asked why the difference between ditch and headlights regarding reflecting in fog. Perhaps the headlight[s] are of a narrow beam and focused down the track at a distance and do not put out light rays in a wide span because of the narrow focus for disance. Converserly, the ditch lights have a more spread light pattern and hence reflect the fog in a blinding pattern.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie QUOTE: Originally posted by jhhtrainsplanes QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie QUOTE: Originally posted by jhhtrainsplanes Are there any railroads who still use speeders? When I was little we called them put-put cars. [:p] I know that some of the MOW crews have some still but do the signalmen and others have them still or have HI-Rails pretty much taken their place. I once saw a postcard with a 3-wheeled bike for rails. It was kinda like a go-cart but with only 3 wheels. I saw a track checker in a cushman type vehicle - all alone on the Amtrak line near where I observe. Is this like what you are talking about? Moo Mookie [:)] It might be. I didn't realize how many companies made speeders until about a month ago. I will find the website and list it here. But there were alot of companies that one time made speeders. Cushman might have been one, I really don't know. If you see it again or already have a pic of it, you might send it to Bergie and see if it can make "Pic Of The Day". I haven't seen them used in years for anything other than MOW. But that may be just in my neck of the woods. I watched a video last week that had a strange one on it. It was the narrow guage steam line of Cumbres and Toltec. Anyway this thing was an open air, (no roof whatsoever) car that would seat 2 people. It didn't look like your normal speeder. It was a golf cart, silly!
QUOTE: Originally posted by jhhtrainsplanes QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie QUOTE: Originally posted by jhhtrainsplanes Are there any railroads who still use speeders? When I was little we called them put-put cars. [:p] I know that some of the MOW crews have some still but do the signalmen and others have them still or have HI-Rails pretty much taken their place. I once saw a postcard with a 3-wheeled bike for rails. It was kinda like a go-cart but with only 3 wheels. I saw a track checker in a cushman type vehicle - all alone on the Amtrak line near where I observe. Is this like what you are talking about? Moo Mookie [:)] It might be. I didn't realize how many companies made speeders until about a month ago. I will find the website and list it here. But there were alot of companies that one time made speeders. Cushman might have been one, I really don't know. If you see it again or already have a pic of it, you might send it to Bergie and see if it can make "Pic Of The Day". I haven't seen them used in years for anything other than MOW. But that may be just in my neck of the woods. I watched a video last week that had a strange one on it. It was the narrow guage steam line of Cumbres and Toltec. Anyway this thing was an open air, (no roof whatsoever) car that would seat 2 people. It didn't look like your normal speeder.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie QUOTE: Originally posted by jhhtrainsplanes Are there any railroads who still use speeders? When I was little we called them put-put cars. [:p] I know that some of the MOW crews have some still but do the signalmen and others have them still or have HI-Rails pretty much taken their place. I once saw a postcard with a 3-wheeled bike for rails. It was kinda like a go-cart but with only 3 wheels. I saw a track checker in a cushman type vehicle - all alone on the Amtrak line near where I observe. Is this like what you are talking about? Moo
QUOTE: Originally posted by jhhtrainsplanes Are there any railroads who still use speeders? When I was little we called them put-put cars. [:p] I know that some of the MOW crews have some still but do the signalmen and others have them still or have HI-Rails pretty much taken their place. I once saw a postcard with a 3-wheeled bike for rails. It was kinda like a go-cart but with only 3 wheels.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie With all that excess time they have while they are out waiting to get into the yards or out of the yards - why not! Everyone has a cell phone and they could call the crew back to the engine when time to go. Seems like the railroad is hurry up and wait most of the time - so..... oooo.....nasty worms - makes me want to go fishing! Mookie
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Willy
QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon Okay, this may have been asked before, but what all do you carry in your grip?
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QUOTE: Originally posted by Nora QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon Okay, this may have been asked before, but what all do you carry in your grip? I'm glad someone asked this, I was wondering too after I saw some guys getting off one end of a train and getting back on the other end (engines at both ends). They all looked like they'd packed for a month away from home! --Nora
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