[ARC5] Locomotives

[Leslie Smith]

Hello Mike,
In that time what would a bus driver or school-teacher earn per week or
month.
To put the $12.oo per set in financial context.


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On Fri, Dec 21, 2012, at 3:06, Michael A. Bittner wrote:
> I've never been on a diesel-electric passenger train, but as a teenager,
> I used to regularly ride the steam trains on the Erie RR between my
> former home of Ridgewood, NJ and Hoboken, NJ.  At Hoboken, I showed my
> train ticket to the the ferry boat ticket taker and got the free ferry
> boat ride across the Hudson river to the Chambers Street terminal in NYC
> and from there a short walk to Radio Row with G & G Surplus on Vesey St.
> (Brand new ARC-5 receivers and transmitters for around $12, control boxes
> for 95 cents, etc.) and all the rest of it.  Those were the days.  Mike,
> W6MAB
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Geoff 
>   To: Michael A. Bittner ; ARC-5 Mail List 
>   Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 5:54 AM
>   Subject: Re: [ARC5] Locomotives
> 
> 
>   Ive spent many, many hours watching videos and reading various blogs on
>   the 
>   restoration efforts and the returning to service of various steam
>   equipment 
>   over the past few years.
> 
>   The majority of the passenger cars have self contained electrical
>   generators 
>   driven off the wheels. These are either restored late steam era or
>   later 
>   ones that have been fitted.
> 
>    The diesel electrics are often hitching a dead head ride or used for a 
>   particularly rough stretch when more power is needed at a minimal fuel
>   cost.
> 
>   As more equipment is being restored and maintenance facilities provided
>   Im 
>   sure there will be other locomotives traveling the rails. Many were not 
>   scrapped and are sitting idle in restorable condition.
> 
>   I grew up when the steam era was ending and fondly remember the rides I
>   took 
>   with my parents and then the dissapointment as they faded away. In the 
>   Northeast it was the electrics that took over in several runs such as 
>   NYC-Philly-DC and the eastern end of the LIRR.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>   >
>   > Totally off topic:  I see that in many of the steam locomotive videos, 
>   > they lug along one or two diesel-electric locomotives with them.  As 
>   > stated in one of the videos, this is to provide electric power to 
>   > passenger cars and provide dynamic braking on down-hill runs.  Not stated 
>   > is the obvious fact that the diesel-electrics can keep things moving if 
>   > these ancient, restored steam locos have problems.
>   > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xszdK0OMgnM
>   >
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