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Re: F unit Roof Shot: Flatter curve than you'd think
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Sun, 3 Mar 2002 18:10:29 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
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> > Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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> > > 1. This isn't a shot of a "Super Chief" it's a shot of an A-B-B-A lashup.
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> > Well, I cropped it, so you could see it better, but it is a Super Chief.
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> No, it isn't (they aren't). They may be PULLING a Super Chief. But a Super
> Chief is a train. These are locomotives. Locomotives aren't trains except in
> rare special cases. Your shot was cropped to illustrate the locomotives, not
> the cars and locomotives together that comprise the train
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> In case you can't tell, this particular nit just completely drives me crazy.
> I love the 10020 but hate the name. Why oh why could they not have called it
> "Super Chief Locomotive"... I would have let that slide.
I thought this started about the roof to the locos, not the nameing!
Josh
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 | | Re: F unit Roof Shot: Flatter curve than you'd think
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| (...) True, but people, even people who claim knowledge levels such that they should know better, keep making this very grating mistake. Back to the roof topic, I did some studying of prototype drawings and I think the curvature of the roof (...) (22 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | F unit Roof Shot: Flatter curve than you'd think
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| (...) No, it isn't (they aren't). They may be PULLING a Super Chief. But a Super Chief is a train. These are locomotives. Locomotives aren't trains except in rare special cases. Your shot was cropped to illustrate the locomotives, not the cars and (...) (22 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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