nick11a wrote:Yup.... At least Purrfect that engineers on the Hoboken side get more variety now (theoretically) with the PL42ACs more spread out.Very true. At almost any given time you could show up in Hoboken and see maybe an ALP, a few MU's and anywhere between 8 to 12 PL's. Gets boring after a while.
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Oh, the Ergonomics Committee did a fantastic job! I don't fault those guys at all! You should have seen those meetings- the Transit/ Chairdude representative would take these careful, detailed notes, repeat everything back to us, email us, have his secretary type them and U.S. Mail them to us, and then at the next meeting nothing had changed! And we'd repeat the process all over again. After a year I resigned. I applaud my Union Sisters and Brothers who toughed it out. "Mans GOT to know his limitations"
purr-fect transportation wrote:Oh, the Ergonomics Committee did a fantastic job! I don't fault those guys at all! You should have seen those meetings- the Transit/ Chairdude representative would take these careful, detailed notes, repeat everything back to us, email us, have his secretary type them and U.S. Mail them to us, and then at the next meeting nothing had changed! And we'd repeat the process all over again. After a year I resigned. I applaud my Union Sisters and Brothers who toughed it out. "Mans GOT to know his limitations"Yup, and they take pride in what they were able to accomplish. It could have been a whole lot worse....
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Train 652 was spotted with 4026 pushing it on the Morristown Line. Here is photo proof, at Dover.
By contrast, about a month ago, this same train was being pushed by locomotive 4120.
By contrast, about a month ago, this same train was being pushed by locomotive 4120.
My first attempt at black & white photography, I didn't care much for the following shot at first. But its since grown on me. It is of train 5711 coming into High Bridge Station with a PL42 leading:
NJT 4031 at High Bridge
NJT 4031 at High Bridge
But where were they going without ever knowing the way?
transit383 wrote:My first attempt at black & white photography, I didn't care much for the following shot at first. But its since grown on me. It is of train 5711 coming into High Bridge Station with a PL42 leading:Nice shot. Back in the day, I always had my X700 for K64 and my SRT101 loaded with Plus X.
NJT 4031 at High Bridge
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not sure what the loco # was, but while I was trying to put air in my tires at the shell station in hasbrouck heights a pvl e/b was approaching. As the cars started to pass I can hear a loud thump, thump, thump, thump and as the pl42 passed by the lead truck had a really bad flat spot on it. was very surprised by it.
transit383 wrote:My first attempt at black & white photography, I didn't care much for the following shot at first. But its since grown on me. It is of train 5711 coming into High Bridge Station with a PL42 leading:You know, these things have grown on me a bit, but why can't they make a modern diesel locomotive that looks as good as this?
NJT 4031 at High Bridge
The PL42 that was damaged is back on the road. It is currently roaming the Hoboken Division. I have a pic on my phone, I will try to upload later. You can visably see the damage on the car body.
Good to see they did not give up on it.
Good to see they did not give up on it.
I like that- "....roaming the Hoboken Division...." like it has the freedom to go where ever it wants to. New engine, different set of problems.
Amtrak has a problem with them going very far on their system and I can't blame them. The first problem was when paired with a Comet 5 they could be pulled but would not respond to the controls of the cab car when swapping ends to be run in the push mode. Then they had a nasty habit of just shutting down and the computer screen locking out...there are no resets like the older locomotives, so unless you can "reboot" the computer its call AAA (your friendly MM job) for a tow. The most recent problem is with a wire fraying on the PL-42 side of a train and sending a false signal to unintentionally open the doors of the train- of course there are no door controls on the Diesel locomotive but the electronics don't know that- so the crew must cut out the zone switch between the PL and the first car. I think you'll eventually see them systemwide (even AC), but it will be after a long period of time and the big shots are convinced that all the bugs are out. It is a shame though that one railroad can spend so much money on buying a new piece of equipment, only to have another railroad restrict its use or refuse to allow it on its property all together- I thought thats what the test track in Pueblo was for. " Senjiya- your goin' home"
Yesterday 8/4/08, 2309 had a PL42 on the point.... Not sure if this was the first revenue trip on the NJCL...
Attention ladies and gentlemen, we are being held to allow for the same Amtrak train that passed us at Secaucus and Newark to pass us again for the third time. We thank you for your patience.
Grump wrote:Yesterday 8/4/08, 2309 had a PL42 on the point.... Not sure if this was the first revenue trip on the NJCL...wonderful............there goes the rush hours
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