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Larry P wrote
> In real railroad parlance the term dummy is much less used. The one
> place I know of it was in early elevated/street railway usage. (circa
> 1880, pre electrification) In that usage, a "dummy locomotive" is a
> small steam engine fitted with body work to make it look like an
> unpowered unit, that is, a coach! This was done, apparently, to avoid
> scaring the horses of the time. Not very successfully.
LOL! I can just see the dummy "coach", puffing surreptitiously as it
trundles along the elevated tracks, with every horse on the road belwo
rearing and shying as it passes.
Kevin
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| No, not what you think!!! I forgot something that interested readers may find interesting. And uninteresting (1) readers should feel free to push N now. (...) Note that "dummy" in model parlance means exactly the opposite of what it means in real (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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