Canadian Railroads > bunch of on this day

Nov 19, 2008 and I must have had way too much spare time during this trip.  Most of the 21 images were taken while making a pickup of copper concentrate at Gibraltar BC on the BC Rail Prince George sub.
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01 & 02 in the engine room of BCOL 4603
03  view from the engineroom into the cab

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desktop controller,  air gauges, loadmeter



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/19/18 02:46 by hoggerdoug.

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Locotrol air brake buttons, speedometer, diagnostic panel

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RSD data recorder / event recorder,  number board

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attempted night shots, 4603

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4603 again
in the spur at Gibraltar, train on the main to the right
front knuckle
 

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crosswalk and safety chain
back on the main, mile 344 ahead on the left
speedometer, showing 34 mile per hour and the minus 0 2 indicates we will lose 2 mph in the next minute at this rate of deceleration.

thanks for looking.  Doug
 

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I fully expect the last photo to be a bear, as you run back to the cab.

Thanks for your 'on this day' photos!

Okay, I have to ask, regarding the third photo, what is the "CUTE" decal? The FRA glazing notice seems a little oversized, too.
Fred

I really enjoy the cab detail shots.  Thanks for sharing!

feclark Wrote:
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> Okay, I have to ask, regarding the third photo,
> what is the "CUTE" decal? The FRA glazing notice
> seems a little oversized, too.
> Fred

CUTE, was Canadian Union of Transportation Employees sticker for Local #1 Locomotive Engineers.  Years ago the BC Rail Engineers broke away from the BLE and formed our own union, CUTE.    MoW was Local 6 and the spots in between were for other crafts on BC Rail, Local #2 was for the Trainmen but they never joined. Eventually after a good run as CUTE, the Union was dissolved and the various trades and crafts joined other Unions.

FRA glazing does seem rather large, pretty much standard decal.
Doug

roustabout Wrote:
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> I fully expect the last photo to be a bear, as you
> run back to the cab.
>
> Thanks for your 'on this day' photos!

Yes, we are running away from a bear in the last photo, a quick escape at 34 mph.
Doug