Some more trolleys....C&G, CG&W, H&F, and others....

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Re: Some more trolleys....C&G, CG&W, H&F, and others....

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Mon Nov 30, 2015 7:56 am

Over to the P&N........

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Re: Some more trolleys....C&G, CG&W, H&F, and others....

Postby rogruth » Mon Nov 30, 2015 8:56 am

That loco just has mre character than a similar diesel.

Why a pantograph and a pole?
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Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Mon Nov 30, 2015 10:00 am

rogruth wrote:That loco just has mre character than a similar diesel.

Why a pantograph and a pole?


Something about triggering signals is what I recall......and maybe also access to areas that were pole only wire...
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Postby rogruth » Mon Nov 30, 2015 10:50 am

I think that's right.
I recall reading about trolley poles used on diesel switchers for that purpose.
Maybe on Sacramento Northern.
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Re: Some more trolleys....C&G, CG&W, H&F, and others....

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Mon Nov 30, 2015 10:54 am

rogruth wrote:I think that's right.
I recall reading about trolley poles used on diesel switchers for that purpose.
Maybe on Sacramento Northern.


Yes. SN did have poles on their diesel equipment.
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Postby mickeydee » Mon Nov 30, 2015 10:57 am

A baby Crocodile! What a neat looking loco, that would be fun to model, especially if the panto and pole were given the wires to run on track and street, something cobbled perhaps a dockyard setting?
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Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Mon Nov 30, 2015 7:02 pm

mickeydee wrote:A baby Crocodile! What a neat looking loco, that would be fun to model, especially if the panto and pole were given the wires to run on track and street, something cobbled perhaps a dockyard setting?


Better termed a "steeple cab" and a main line engine too for the P&N. Interesting RR that existed as 2 disconnected segments and tried to pretend to be an interurban line..........
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Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Wed Dec 02, 2015 7:34 am

Another interesting line car.......

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Postby rogruth » Wed Dec 02, 2015 8:36 am

Rufus,

What is the origin of your tag line?
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Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Wed Dec 02, 2015 8:58 am

rogruth wrote:Rufus,

What is the origin of your tag line?


Movie - A Fish Named Wanda
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Postby rogruth » Wed Dec 02, 2015 9:01 am

Thank you. I knew I had heard it somewhere.
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Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Mon Dec 07, 2015 10:20 am

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Re: Some more trolleys....C&G, CG&W, H&F, and others....

Postby MurphOnMillerAve » Mon Dec 07, 2015 10:58 am

My first reaction was to wonder why they put it in a tench. Never saw such a thing.
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Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Mon Dec 07, 2015 1:02 pm

MurphOnMillerAve wrote:My first reaction was to wonder why they put it in a tench. Never saw such a thing.


Tench? Trench?

Really? Same as a cut through on a highway.... Easier to make a cut through and keep level or a reasonable incline vs. up and over, and back.
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Re: Some more trolleys....C&G, CG&W, H&F, and others....

Postby MurphOnMillerAve » Mon Dec 07, 2015 5:08 pm

Rufus T. Firefly wrote:
MurphOnMillerAve wrote:My first reaction was to wonder why they put it in a tench. Never saw such a thing.


Tench? Trench?

Really? Same as a cut through on a highway.... Easier to make a cut through and keep level or a reasonable incline vs. up and over, and back.

Oh. :shock: Well. 8) That makes sense, if you're going to put it that way. :mrgreen:
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