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I was thinking and wondering if the Scotsman or the Duchess (Red Coronation class) could be made in US Running configuration as their IRL tours to the stats.. Scotsman with Headlight, Cowcatcher ect... and same with Duchess minus the cowcatcher...
Us engines don't have cowcatchers, what engine catches cows anyway, cowcatcher indeed, you need a tram engine...:hehe:
Sorry Nalthren, it was too tempting to miss...
Joe Airtime
However, just for interest sake here is 'Scotsman' with 'cowcatcher'.![]()
Dear God!
Paul
Agreed, it's a heap of scrap iron at the best of times, without adding that to it. :hehe:
This is a pic of the Coronation in the USA, it doesn't have a 'cowcatcher', but would 'Joe Airtime' care to tell us what that is on the front of 5243 ? :hehe:
Now the cowcatcher, bell, and not yet added headlight, I can understand, but why that whistle? What's wrong with its own?Well I'm a bit too old to be watching 'Thomas the tank engine', so would not know the phrase (I think most posters on here are well out of puberty now).
However, just for interest sake here is 'Scotsman' with 'cowcatcher'.
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Now the cowcatcher, bell, and not yet added headlight, I can understand, but why that whistle? What's wrong with its own?
we call that a pilot here in the states...not really known as a "cowcatcher" since the days of the John Bull. really it serves the same purpose, though it usually plows snow more than anything else.
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Federal rail regulations? I would assume that if the US were to bring a diesel loco over for running in the UK (I know it probably wouldn't work due to clearance and loading gauge issues, just humor me), the rail regulations there would require it to have it's front end painted yellow?
With improvements to crossing gates, signaling, headlights(lamps), is it even necessary to have yellow front ends on a locomotive?
:hehe::hehe:
Both ends as well for stuff like SD40'sa dn Most GP's. Imagine that with BN colours, Dark Green and bright yellow ewwww.
Andy
It's a good job you don't have to see it on "Gods Wonky Railway" too often then. :hehe: