| Posted by Tom on November 12, 2012 | |
Nice shot and I'm glad to see it, but someone please tell us what all we are seeing here and what the different devices on the stand do ??? No doubt more users of railpictures.net than just me would really appreciate it. Thanks in advance.
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The red handle is the trainbrake lever(stops the entire train), the yellow handle is the independentbrake lever(stops the locomotive only), the handle to the right of the radio is the horn, underneath is the alertor reset(deadmans switch), the two switches under the alertor control the sand, the gold knob between the two brake handles is the bell/ditch lights, the big black lever toward the right side of the stand is the throttle, and the slot under the throttle is where the reverser is(the reverser handle is sitting under the gauges on the top of the stand).
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| Posted by on January 2, 2013 | |
Also the patch with 4 bolts above/left of the throttle is where the dynamic brake handle would be, but this unit doesn't appear to have dynamics. The box above the radio is the thing (IDU at CN, WILMA to some others) that communicates with the FRED (SBU at CN). The outside right round dial is the loadmeter, the inside left one is the air pressure gauge with a needle each for the main reservoir and equalizing reservoir. I can't tell what the other 2 are because of the glare.
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