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Re: Deadhead Amtrak equipment enroute to Bakersfield
Author: MG42
Date: 07-10-2012 - 15:54

Severe Duty Wrote:
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> Well, Gee, Wally...it looked like Superliner
> equipment. I was driving across town, and it went
> by Draper St. pretty quick. I caught a glimpse of
> it, not a good study. Sorry about that.
>
> Deadheading can mean any non-revenue move,
> including crew members. I've 'deadheaded' work
> trains, too. It's probably a regional term? Like
> Helpers out west and Pushers back east?
>
> MG42, Where I work we don't deadhead power. It's
> either: on line, isolated DIT or DIC. Try not to
> look for flyshit in the pepper, you'll strain
> yourself.


Well excuse me, then. I certainly wasn't "looking for flyshit in the pepper" as you so eloquently put it, I was just trying to help Daniel3197 out with my limited (and sometimes incorrect) knowledge as a casual railfan. If I had the definition of deadheading wrong, then I learned something today, huh? Sorry for trying.

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  Deadhead Amtrak equipment enroute to Bakersfield Severe Duty 07-09-2012 - 15:14
  Re: Deadhead Amtrak equipment enroute to Bakersfield Daniel3197 07-09-2012 - 15:37
  Re: Deadhead Amtrak equipment enroute to Bakersfield MG42 07-09-2012 - 22:39
  Re: Deadhead Amtrak equipment enroute to Bakersfield Severe Duty 07-10-2012 - 01:55
  Re: Deadhead Amtrak equipment enroute to Bakersfield Jack S. 07-10-2012 - 07:21
  Re: Deadhead Amtrak equipment enroute to Bakersfield Jack S. 07-10-2012 - 08:46
  Re: Deadhead Amtrak equipment enroute to Bakersfield MG42 07-10-2012 - 15:54


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