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Re: Kicking Cars @ SP’s Desert Yard 1990
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 04-26-2018 - 23:59
Margaret (SP fan) Wrote:
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> >
> > OPRRMS --
> > Although the switch crew does "tell" the
> engineer
> > to speed up or slow down by the signals they
> give
> > to the engineer, he still has to be able to
> figure
> > out the exact right speed to run the engine at,
>
> > and know the peculiarities of each engine -- and
>
> > know how the car(s) he is shoving will act -- in
>
> > order to be able to get the car(s) to roll at
> that
> > perfect speed to make good, solid joints the
> first
> > time. That still amazes and impresses me. As
> > does the sill of the switch crew.
>
> OPRRMS wrote --
> > And you say this because of your years of
> employment
> > as a locomotive engineer, right?
>
> OPRRMS,if that is really you, and not a troll (who
> can ever tell sometimes?), you know darn well that
> I have never worked for any RR, and was just
> expressing my enjoyment from watching a job well
> done. What is your problem with that?
> Geez.....if it is really you, OPRRMS, why put me
> down when ALL I was dong was appreciating what you
> guys did back then.
>
> If it is not you, and just a troll, well...I guess
> I "took the bait".
Why? Because as has been pointed out by both Dr. Zarkoff and myself, you don't know what you're talking about. There's a big difference between standing by the tracks waving at the choo-choos - aren't you the woman we used to see doing that in Jack London Square, often accompanied by a child - and actually working for a railroad.
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> >
> > OPRRMS --
> > Although the switch crew does "tell" the
> engineer
> > to speed up or slow down by the signals they
> give
> > to the engineer, he still has to be able to
> figure
> > out the exact right speed to run the engine at,
>
> > and know the peculiarities of each engine -- and
>
> > know how the car(s) he is shoving will act -- in
>
> > order to be able to get the car(s) to roll at
> that
> > perfect speed to make good, solid joints the
> first
> > time. That still amazes and impresses me. As
> > does the sill of the switch crew.
>
> OPRRMS wrote --
> > And you say this because of your years of
> employment
> > as a locomotive engineer, right?
>
> OPRRMS,if that is really you, and not a troll (who
> can ever tell sometimes?), you know darn well that
> I have never worked for any RR, and was just
> expressing my enjoyment from watching a job well
> done. What is your problem with that?
> Geez.....if it is really you, OPRRMS, why put me
> down when ALL I was dong was appreciating what you
> guys did back then.
>
> If it is not you, and just a troll, well...I guess
> I "took the bait".
Why? Because as has been pointed out by both Dr. Zarkoff and myself, you don't know what you're talking about. There's a big difference between standing by the tracks waving at the choo-choos - aren't you the woman we used to see doing that in Jack London Square, often accompanied by a child - and actually working for a railroad.
