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That's true. 1557, 1559, and 1560 never did have the train lighting electrical cabinet.
However, all the GP7s did have steam generators for passenger service.

Please bring what you've got.
I am very interested in that area.

seconding MACTRAXX, one of my favorite books is
"Commuter Railroads" Patrick C. Dorin

the problem with a wheel out of balance is that the force pressing the wheel to the rail is not constant, but varies as a sine wave. As the heavy part of the wheel rises up the back side and over the top, centrifugal force will tend to lift the wheel off the rail; then as the heavy part heads down t...

Wholesale electricity is much cheaper by the btu than diesel fuel. Natural gas is too. Electric trains are common around the world, so the comparative costs must be at least somewhat similar. electric trains have no diesel engines to maintain and no fuel storage and handling facilities so there are ...

Nice pics, thanks for posting. Looks like most railroads in Viet Nam are metre gauge.

French influence indeed, Google cite, a numerous class designed and built by SACM in France, but this example is reputedly a Chinese built copy. There were also reportedly Vietnamese built copies.

well, that's a mountain of information, thanks for that! amongst the various MU groups of war time cars Westinghouse Tread Brake 3022-3047, 3049-3071 Westinghouse Drum Brake 3002-3009, 3011-3021, 3048, 3072-3096, 3222-3271 GE Tread Brake 3097-3121, 3123-3146 GE Drum Brake 3122, 3147-3196 were there ...

Why not? because. For 100 years or more one has had to take one's life in one's hands to cross Causeway street to get on the el/T/subway. Then too, remember through the entire Fleet center era of the prior decade, the commuter waiting area of North station was a truely aweful low ceiling-ed narrow n...

excellent, thanks. Monitor - I learned a new word. Fans of course, I dont know why I thought air conditioning. the ones I located in the nycsubway.org photos in MBTA times and without the monitor 3026 3042 3045 3046 3050 3056 3051 3052 3069 3070 3068 3099 3114 3116 3117 3118 3121 3122 3125 3127 3129...

Ive referred back to this thread several times. Thanks again for the info guys. Among the War Time cars, there are two different roof lines - one with a short cowling at the base of the trolley pole, and the other, much more prevalent (among available photos at least) with a full length cowling. htt...

excellent plan!
and by 2050, my retirement fund, which is all the junk i never look at in the bottom of my train drawer will be worth millions, MILLIONS on E-BAY !!!

... Unlike compressed air, steam keeps expanding until it reduces itself to atmospheric pressure of 14.7 psi (at sea level). not exactly. compressed air and other compressed cylinder gasses also contain very large amounts of stored energy which can expand disastrously. the difference is that a boil...

have a a look at these http://www.katousa.com/track-plans/n-plans.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
lots of nice arrangements under 4x8.
The "Amherst 2005" plan is a very popular layout, just under 3x5.

HEP is better: ....June 1975... 1930s ... 1950s,... Allen, apologies for the clipping. A pocket history of the volatility of oil price is concealed in your post! This was simply true, from an operational standpoint, in the days of 9 cent/gallon diesel. The thermal efficiency of electric heat is not...

Generally, you dont realize it if you have it. finding out really is worth the hassle, and the cost is borne by the potential employer.
Consider it a benefit.