Nostalgia & History > Which way is which? Who is who?

I took this picture a long time ago -- back in Boulder City, Nev. when I was a teen-ager in the late 50s. But in looking at it again I'm wondering...

Is that the engineer or the fireman in the cab window? I always assumed the front of a Union Pacific EMD cow & calf unit was the nose of the cow unit. That would make this man the fireman. But it looks like he is running the locomotive and backing up. Dual controls?

What say ye?

JBOmaha

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Fireman

He is most likely watching what is going on. His hand is not on a throttle but probably on a hand railing. Notice also that the cow and calf are connected with a brawbar, not a coupler.



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And the cab unit has dynamic braking abilities.

That is a good capture of the fireman on a TR-5 set. Thanks for posting the photo of the crew who often are over looked.

Bob Krieger
Cheyenne, WY

Great photo showing the connections between a cow and calf!

Some EMD Cow-Calf sets did have dual controls. The TR5's on UP did not have them.

hawkeye Wrote:
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> And the cab unit has dynamic braking abilities.

Some of those cow-calf sets were used in helper service on Cajon as I recall.

CNWH-1 Wrote: > ... Fireman

I concur. A fireman most likely passing signals from a switchman on the ground. They would either be on a left hand curve, or have chosen to switch from the ground on the left hand side of the cut. Possibly because of switch stand access...

Lance/199



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