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Re: 4535 - MOT Set at ToysRUs.com
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 17 Sep 2002 00:00:48 GMT
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Jonathan Wilson wrote:
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> > Not detailed ones, sorry. On the link that Richard posted though, the
> > conductor's hiding inside the loco, but the clerk is visible by the front.
> Actually, I think the correct railroad term for that person would probobly
> be "engineer" or "engine driver" not "conductor" (a conductor IIRC is the
> guy that collects the tickets)
In US terminology, the conductor was the boss of the train. And yes, on
passenger trains, the conductor was usually the one collecting tickets.
I'm not sure how things work these days (since freight trains no longer
have a rolling conductor's office at the end [the caboose]). The person
in charge of the locomotive is the engineer, and the fireman was his
assistant. There was also a brakeman (who also rode in the caboose on
freight trains).
Frank
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| (...) How typical is this? The freight trains that leave the industrial siding that I work near always (that I've noticed) have a caboose on the end. thanks, James (22 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Actually, I think the correct railroad term for that person would probobly be "engineer" or "engine driver" not "conductor" (a conductor IIRC is the guy that collects the tickets) (22 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.trains)
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