Here you go. Take a look at the cover photo in this PDF document, albeit the AAF version. But I don;t believe there is any significant difference in the cab other than different PTC systems possibly.
indicates to emergency services which train is in trouble.
Would a red gyralite perhaps help better? Strobes flash every 2 seconds or so, whereas gyralites shine from side to side.
Markers, including FREDs, red lights, a red lantern and a ref flag indicate that the train is complete. It's necessary for a way-freight who is sitting in the clear to know if a passing train is complete before it comes out onto the main. If the passing train has left the rear end of its train up the railroad somewhere, then the front end can go down the railroad, do some work, and then run back up the same track in order to pick up the rest of its train.
Strobes flash at multi speeds. True strobes are on the way out as LED light do a much better job (brighter), with much lower voltage, and multi patterns and colors. Interesting that what was said about strobes replace the incandescence light bulb a few years back.
No one in their right mind would advocate using a light that has a mechanical drive in it. It's just more delicate parts, subject to the weather, to break. That's why they stopped being used on trains years ago.
I thought Metra still purchases locos new with gyralights. The last known loco to be purchased with a gyra was the Metra MP36PH-3S's, which was back in... 2004 maybe?
Yeah, I know that, but that wasn't my question. I asked, have any others besides the first one been complete as of now?
Probably not since they're not scheduled to go for testing till June. My guess is the 2nd one is still being built.
So the engine for unit #1 has been fired up. Some small slippage in the production, but nothing major. Sadly, that can't be said for Nippon-Sharyo for which there are some ominous notes in the April 12 minutes on how many cars might be able to be built, but that is for the bi-level corridor car thread.
Or buy 20 or 30 more Viewliner II sleepers or some bag cars or bag-dorms.
I think you are forgetting that there's a deadline on the stimulus money: Spend it by September 2017 or it reverts to the Treasury, for Congress to dispose. No way will these states get to keep the money to use on highways or whatever.
Talking to folks in the know, I get the impression that Siemens production lines are currently fully committed through mid-2018. They are currently running about four weeks behind schedule according to latest sem-rumors. So yeah, you can get more Sprinters or Chargers sometime in 2018, not before that. That of course is kind of useless for funds that revert back to the treasury end of September 2017.
