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Re: My Sante Fe 10020
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 26 Feb 2002 16:39:51 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.trains, William R. Ward writes:
> > Caltrain is a little weird because the locos always face San Jose,
> > regardless of the direction of travel.
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> This is almost completely standard commuter train practice, it's called
> "push pull" operation. SEMTA, SEPTA, MTA, CTA, Metro North, you name it,
> they all do it.
I've seen the term "push-pull" (in at least one coffee-table type railfan
book) used to refer to one locomotive at each end of a consist. Is that
incorrect usage of the term, or does it have two completely different meanings?
--
Tony Hafner
www.hafhead.com
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| (...) I am not sure but I would tend to lean toward both correct, different meanings. Commuter practice puts controls in the ends of "some" (or all) cars so that when the consist is made up a car with a controlset is at the very end of the consist, (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: My Sante Fe 10020
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| (...) The lower 2 non centered of the three non oscillating lights are called "ditch" lights. (...) This is almost completely standard commuter train practice, it's called "push pull" operation. SEMTA, SEPTA, MTA, CTA, Metro North, you name it, they (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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