wabash1 wrote: cprted wrote: THayman wrote:thank you wabash 1! I am sooo sick of people talking about "driving" trains.... makes me cringe every time...I'm pretty sure this debate has cropped up before and as far as I'm concerned, its only about semantics. Besides, what do all those British "Engine Drivers" do all day anyway?yes this has cropped up before and I exsplained to most what the differance is. but then you bring the british into this well lets see they say the bonnet is out in front of the car, we wear a bonnet and raise the hood. they even drive on the wrong side of the road over there. they dont like they way we drink tea either, we boil it to make it hot put ice in it to make it cold add sugar to sweeten it then add lemon to make it sour. but then again if in rome do as the romans do and since we are in the united states we dont drive trains, and i am not entering 1 for english either.
cprted wrote: THayman wrote:thank you wabash 1! I am sooo sick of people talking about "driving" trains.... makes me cringe every time...I'm pretty sure this debate has cropped up before and as far as I'm concerned, its only about semantics. Besides, what do all those British "Engine Drivers" do all day anyway?
THayman wrote:thank you wabash 1! I am sooo sick of people talking about "driving" trains.... makes me cringe every time...
yes this has cropped up before and I exsplained to most what the differance is. but then you bring the british into this well lets see they say the bonnet is out in front of the car, we wear a bonnet and raise the hood. they even drive on the wrong side of the road over there. they dont like they way we drink tea either, we boil it to make it hot put ice in it to make it cold add sugar to sweeten it then add lemon to make it sour. but then again if in rome do as the romans do and since we are in the united states we dont drive trains, and i am not entering 1 for english either.
I had a terrible time when I went into overseas railway work to learn to say sleeper, engine driver, shunter, and goods wagon, so people could understand me, and when I came back to UNLEARN all that so people could understand me again. I still catch myself saying "sleeper" and "shunter" every now and then.
RWM
-Tim
hf1001 wrote:Actually no, I have checked on Ebay alot but was never able to buy one. I'm a 12 year old kid that has already learned how to drive a locomotive from 2 sim programs but I just would like to have one to check if I'm right. As soon as I can I will try to become an engineer. With my love for trains I would never do that!!! Hope you understand, Heartland Flyer 1001
Actually no, I have checked on Ebay alot but was never able to buy one. I'm a 12 year old kid that has already learned how to drive a locomotive from 2 sim programs but I just would like to have one to check if I'm right. As soon as I can I will try to become an engineer. With my love for trains I would never do that!!!
Hope you understand, Heartland Flyer 1001
hf1001 wrote: 1 Start locomotive2 Put in reverser lever3 release brakes4 put in forward5 run 1
1 Start locomotive
2 Put in reverser lever
3 release brakes
4 put in forward
5 run 1
well im sure glad your not engineer working where i work. you be a run-a way train already. but you still cant drive a train. there is no run 1... even though most foamers out here will agree with you. but being your only 12 ill go easy on you. ill say this to you , you cant drive a train. think about that.
wabash1 wrote: hf1001 wrote: Actually no, I have checked on Ebay alot but was never able to buy one. I'm a 12 year old kid that has already learned how to drive a locomotive from 2 sim programs but I just would like to have one to check if I'm right. As soon as I can I will try to become an engineer. With my love for trains I would never do that!!! Hope you understand, Heartland Flyer 1001I am a engineer and have been for years but in all that time i have never driven or drove or do i drive a train. so just how do you drive a train, or locomotive?
hf1001 wrote: Actually no, I have checked on Ebay alot but was never able to buy one. I'm a 12 year old kid that has already learned how to drive a locomotive from 2 sim programs but I just would like to have one to check if I'm right. As soon as I can I will try to become an engineer. With my love for trains I would never do that!!! Hope you understand, Heartland Flyer 1001
I am a engineer and have been for years but in all that time i have never driven or drove or do i drive a train. so just how do you drive a train, or locomotive?
Simple Wabash , you get in behind one of them loco critters and coax them along with a bull whip, drive em west boy !
hf1001 wrote: Does anyone know where I could get a current GE P42DC locomotive manual FAST? HF1001
Does anyone know where I could get a current GE P42DC locomotive manual FAST?
HF1001
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