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Re: F unit Roof Shot: Flatter curve than you'd think
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Sun, 3 Mar 2002 19:13:35 GMT
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JOHN@TCLTC.nospamORG
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> 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.
Well, it's my understanding that a "Super Chief" is the *entire* train, locos
and cars. Yes, these are locomotives, but they are a part of a Super Chief,
which I cropped so you could see them better.
> These are locomotives. Locomotives aren't trains except in
> rare special cases.
Like this one.
> Your shot was cropped to illustrate the locomotives,
Which happened to be pulling a Super Chief (as I mentioned, because I had
cropped out the cars)
I realize your peeve, but in this case I think you jumped the gun.
-John
> 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.
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: F unit Roof Shot: Flatter curve than you'd think
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| (...) They may be locomotives "currently assigned" to *pulling* the Super Chief, but it was not Santa Fe practice (or hardly any other US road, either) to assign specific locomotives to specific trains, except in the very very beginning of delivery (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: F unit Roof Shot: Flatter curve than you'd think
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| (...) I seem to recall reading that the Super Chief was occasionally pulled with F45s, so the F7s can't really be considered part of the train - just it's usual motive power. I get the impression Sante Fe tended to consider "Super Chief" to relate (...) (23 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 (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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