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> Re: 2926 status
> Author: Boy Big
> Date: 05-14-2021 - 16:56
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> Boy Big Wrote:
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> > Apply Woody Wrote:
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> > > Found a video made by visitor of 2926.
> There's
> > an
> > > interesting control box in the cab to control
> a
> > > diesel loco. When I saw this loco in person
> a
> > few
> > > years ago there was also a lot of new control
> > air
> > > piping for PTC crap. They must be close to
> > > finished by now.
> > >
> > > [www.youtube.com]
> >
> > A little hard to believe, since there has yet
> to
> > be
> > any PTC equipment even invented for steam.
> >
> > And what's "interesting" about the diesel
> control
> > box?
> > A number of steam locomotives have those; some
> > have had
> > them for decades.
>
>
> Hey Boy Big!
>
> While it may be hard for you to believe the 2926
> group installed PTC because you are not aware of
> it, they have just completed the job.
>
> As I said last May, when I saw the 2926 several
> years ago, they were installing PTC. I saw the
> mass of tubing being carefully fitted in a tight
> space under the cab. It looked like something
> engineered for a NASA project. Pretty cool.
>
> Now go shut up.


OK but, where are they going to operate that big Baldwin, that they will really need PTC?