Click here to see what you are missing! So in my drunken stupor, I will post this, since I'm enough times out on the extra board that it poses no threat to my job. A few days ago, I spotted a large grain industry that has it's own power for moving cars about the plant. After riding the shove deep, I had to walk up to make the cut on our power so we could return to the yard light engine.
The walk from the rear of the loop track to the headend took me past an old high-hood geep, still in Conrail blue. But I knew it was of the vintage that would mean it had a engine in it.
I was very impressed with how smooth the idle chant of this unit was, just sitting there, purring away, waiting for the longshoremen to climb aboard with a new assignment. It was a much smoother idle than the rattly clank and cough of our POS switch engines. Don't ask what road I work for, they'll just fire me if they find out as is the tradition of carriers these days.
Anyhoo, that is all. I'm out. Also, don't believe the second edit counter. The first one is real. Edited 1,, time s. I enjoy the idle sound of locos.
The gray switcher at California state railroad museum or the former West Oakland Amtrak switcher SW-1 "Little toot" have a melodic smooth idle.
