Steam & Excursion > Hanging Out The Cab Window - Revisited

If you were running, 4014 on a warm summer day which view would you prefer?

-John Stein aka Larry Doyle



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/22/19 20:30 by LarryDoyle.

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A picture speaks a thousand words...

Coal or oil-fired?

Bill Deaver
Tehachapi, CA

Good point.

My sentiments exactly!

James R.(Jim) Baker
Whittier, CA

I just ordered a case of popcorn from Amazon.

>I just ordered a case of popcorn from Amazon.

Great idea, this should be good lol



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/22/19 20:32 by 5511_.

A touching moment.

Wasn't Casey Jones "Leaning out the window" on his trip to the promised land?

Frisco1522 Wrote:
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> I just ordered a case of popcorn from Amazon.

 

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A post about Ed and a big bag of popcorn... what more could one need ;)

This crap is so exhausting.

Who cares if Ed is always leaning out of the cab.
For all Union Pacific has done, the steam fans should be more appreciative of what they have done..
I wouldn't care if Ronald McDonald was leaning from the cab -- just appreciate that this is restored and running out on the main line.

Watts local
 

5511_ Wrote:
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> A post about Ed and a big bag of popcorn... what
> more could one need ;)

As nutty as some of these threads get, mabey Fiddle Faddle or Poppycock.

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Doug Wetherhold
Macungie, PA

You know I was thinking that I owe Ed a kind of thank you in a strange way. His unprofessional habit of hanging himself halfway out the cab window bareheaded, barehanded and in short sleeves has given me yet another reason to strongly prefer coal fired steamers. Trust me, if the 4014 were coal fired that would end his bad habit in the first 1/2 mile as those cinders hurt big time when they land.

   Being that seeing 4014 converted back to being a complete ( aka coal fired) steam locomotive are very remote at best, all we can hope for is that at some point Omaha will suggest that he adjust his M.O. to more closely reflect a professional at work.

   Hope springs eternal.  Ross Rowland

IF i ever had the chance to run a steam engine, my head would be "hanging out the window" as much as i could............

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co614 Wrote:
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> You know I was thinking that I owe Ed a kind of
> thank you in a strange way. His unprofessional
> habit of hanging himself halfway out the cab
> window bareheaded, barehanded and in short sleeves
> has given me yet another reason to strongly prefer
> coal fired steamers. Trust me, if the 4014 were
> coal fired that would end his bad habit in the
> first 1/2 mile as those cinders hurt big time when
> they land.
>
>    Being that seeing 4014 converted back to
> being a complete ( aka coal fired) steam
> locomotive are very remote at best, all we can
> hope for is that at some point Omaha will suggest
> that he adjust his M.O. to more closely reflect a
> professional at work.
>
>    Hope springs eternal.  Ross Rowland

So there it is.  The giant red gauntlet glove has been thrown down.

For a tall guy, it might be that the goofy frame split across the glass might be right in line with his eyes, either having to look above or below it. I think he should have took that out and replaced it with something easier to see through when they rebuilt the cab. 

I've always preferred the view shown in the top photo, for either the Engineer or Fireman.

LocoPilot750 Wrote:
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> For a tall guy, it might be that the goofy frame
> split across the glass might be right in line with
> his eyes, either having to look above or below it.
> I think he should have took that out and replaced
> it with something easier to see through when they
> rebuilt the cab. 


Actually, I AM the tall guy, at 6 ft 7 in.

-John