Deisel fuel is classified as a combustible liquid ,1993. It can be head pin if you so desire.
BigJim wrote: Randy Stahl wrote:And then there are the restrictions for handling a locomotive without self alignment drawbars .. it can get complicated.....Now ain't that the truth! I've had to refuse to take them sometimes. Even the locomotive forces don't know how to read their own rules about how they are to be placed in a consist! They just tag them on the rear and hope you take them the way they are.
Randy Stahl wrote:And then there are the restrictions for handling a locomotive without self alignment drawbars .. it can get complicated.....
Now ain't that the truth! I've had to refuse to take them sometimes. Even the locomotive forces don't know how to read their own rules about how they are to be placed in a consist! They just tag them on the rear and hope you take them the way they are.
By refusing to take them you probably saved yourself a big headache !!!
What is the fra where to place a dead in tow locomotive if adding a good locomotive to the rear of the dead in tow ?
Raelroad777What is the fra where to place a dead in tow locomotive if adding a good locomotive to the rear of the dead in tow ?
CSX Train Handling Rules required all locomotives to be a part of the locomotive consist at the head end of the train - Operating locomotives followed by off line and dead in tow in any order. Needless to say the lead locomotive needs to be fully operational.
DPU consists as long as the locomotive beind controlled is live, can have additional off line or DIT locomotives in that DPU consist.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
It is probably somewhere in this 16 year old thread .. but it is Monday :)
I noticed BNSF runs power moves in both directions on the Ft. Madison webcam.
Is it easier to operate an all power consist vs. running a 10+ unit train?
nscaler711Where do you guys/gals(just in case) get your information on all this?......im aspireing to be a Locomotive Engineer.
Did you ever make it? Even back in 2007 they seemed to be phasing that position out of the Army NG. Just curious, since we are resurrecting the past here a bit.
There was another person I was helping trying to get into that job and he suddenly changes his mind and goes for "Nuclear Power Plant Operator", still scratching my head over that rather radical change in direction but also not all that concerned because I don't live in the SE United States where he found that new job.
CMStPnP nscaler711 Where do you guys/gals(just in case) get your information on all this?......im aspireing to be a Locomotive Engineer. Did you ever make it? Even back in 2007 they seemed to be phasing that position out of the Army NG. Just curious, since we are resurrecting the past here a bit. There was another person I was helping trying to get into that job and he suddenly changes his mind and goes for "Nuclear Power Plant Operator", still scratching my head over that rather radical change in direction but also not all that concerned because I don't live in the SE United States where he found that new job.
nscaler711 Where do you guys/gals(just in case) get your information on all this?......im aspireing to be a Locomotive Engineer.
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