Generators/Alternators - Trainorders.com
It is my understanding that in the first versions of the diesel electric locomotives, that the main generator was a DC machine with comutator bars and brushes. Somewhere down the line, the …
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Who came up with "Two Longs, a Short, and a Long"?
My 1939 Consolidated Code of Transportation Rules and General Instructions (Precursor of GCOR) specify two longs, a short, and a long for 14 L. The latter arrangement is a whole lot …
Monterey Branch Line Saga continues
Jun 5, 2024 · Those of you following our Monterey Branch Line saga here is another twist. We have been saying for months that the agency is proposing an illegal busway on the Monterey …
Santa Fe diesel signal lights
The Oscitrol lights on the Santa Fe SD-40-2's were funded by US Government/FRA as a precursor to ditch lights to improve train visibility/warning at crossings. This was sponsored in …
EMD Truck Tests in the 1980's - Trainorders.com
All these years I have always assumed that the work on the 4 axle steering truck was a precursor to the self steering 3 axle. But if I understand what you wrote correctly, they were two very …
Southern Pacific PFE Reefers
> marks were a precursor to when PFE was split up in > 1978. > > Best regards, > > Rob L. Hi Rob, Thanks for that info. I didn't realize that PFE went upside-down as early as 1962. Did …