Canadian Railroads > CP Track Geo train at Revelstoke 2/25/21

Track Geo equipment (correction: Track Evaluation Observation car) at work being pushed eastward in a light snowfall by GP22C-ECO as screen-captured from the Revelstoke Live cam.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/28/21 14:26 by JPB.

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What is the purpose of each of the two cars?

Why oh why do people insist on using stupid abbreviations in situations like this?  What is so difficult
about typing out the word "GEOMETRY" so everyone knows what the subject is?  Sorry but this is a
pet peeve of mine--I constantly see abbreviations being used that make no sense.  It's so easy to be
clear and precise; why not try it?

Keith Robertson
Langley, BC

“BC”? 😎

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JPB Wrote:
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> “BC”? 😎
>
> Posted from iPhone

If it's good enough for Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, what's the problem?

LKeithR Wrote:
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> Why oh why do people insist on using stupid
> abbreviations in situations like this?  What is
> so difficult
> about typing out the word "GEOMETRY" so everyone
> knows what the subject is?  Sorry but this is a
> pet peeve of mine--I constantly see abbreviations
> being used that make no sense.  It's so easy to
> be
> clear and precise; why not try it?

I tend to agree with you ... and a pox on those smartasses who responded about BC abbreviation!

 

Will MacKenzie
Dundas, ON

So I posted those screen captures because I thought some rail fans might enjoy seeing this somewhat uncommon occurrence. I didn’t anticipate that somebody would ignore my motive to share information and be upset by my short hand use of “track geo”, which in my experience is a frequently used term in the rail fan trade (although the RR personnel often call it a “TEC Train”). But apologies for my lame attempt to diffuse the reaction with a bit of humor - around Boston where I live, BC equates to Boston College ( we Bostonians can be very provincial!). But I’ve been to the Canadian BC a few times and enjoyed its scenic beauty from Victoria to Vancouver to Kicking Horse Pass. Plus British Columbia has much better RR activity than the Boston area has. Time to move on...

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GN1969 Wrote:
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> What is the purpose of each of the two cars?

I think this article should describe the cars’ functions:

http://www.okthepk.ca/dataCprSiding/articles/200710/tec00.htm

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thehighwayman Wrote:

> I tend to agree with you ... and a pox on those
> smartasses who responded about BC abbreviation!
>

I thought it was amusing. Surely, even in a pandemic we can enjoy a bit of humour. 

> I thought it was amusing. Surely, even in a
> pandemic we can enjoy a bit of humour. 

Absolutely! JPB is always a good source of photos and info. Really, who doesn't know what a GEO train is in the railfan world, esp when you see the pics?! Much complaint about nothing...

JG (initials of my name)

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jgilmore Wrote:
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> Really, who doesn't know what a GEO
> train is in the railfan world, esp when you see
> the pics?!...

I'm sure some people don't.  But my comment really was about the trend today towards the use
of obscure abbreviations when it takes virtually no extra effort to type out the correct word and be
precise and accurate...

Keith Robertson
Langley, BC