Hmmmm, a radio controlled GG-1? You could have ridden in the bar car and run it from there!
----- Original Message ----- From: Keith Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 3:37 PM Subject: Re: Odious practices was Pine Creek RR > > > > > Engines under go change. Our shay looks like much different that it > did the > > day it rolled out of Lima. The wood cab was replaced and it got a > diamond > > stack, both required by law in the forests that it ran in. > J.R. > The Shay got it's new cab because the old wooden one burned! The Ely > Thomas No. 5, which worked along side the No. 6 at Jetsville, W. Va, > always had a wooden cab, and does today as well. But yes, the spark > arresting stack was a West Virgina Law, and that's why Cass has the > identical stack on it's coal burning locomotives today. > > > BTW, we do have a radio controlled 55 ton GE as used by US Steel. So > yes, > > radio control of your live steamers is prototypical also. No kidding. > The > > locomotive is marked with "front" and "rear" markings so the operator > knew > > which way he should go when on the ground operating it while in a fire > suit > > in the mill. > The "Front" and "Rear" markings are not just for radio Control use, but > are an ICC and later FRA mandated marking as some locomotives, like GE > 44 tonners, have identical looking fronts and rears, and some RR's like > the N&W ran their diesel locomotives long hood leading. All FRA > inspectable locomotives have the "front" marked so that a brakeman will > know which direction is which for giving hand signals. Most are merely > marked with a "F" on one end beam, but that is the officially designated > "front" of the locomotive. Without it, how would you tell which end of a > GG-1 is the front? > Keith > > > >
