This is one giant reason steam diappeared as fast as it did . a large train
needs to get over thr division one steam engine won,t do it so you call up
a second steam engine you need another enginereer and fireman two more
shifs to pay for . now with deisels you couple 2 -3 -4 5 units together and
they are connected electrially so one crew can run them and its easier to
make them run together . so good bye to steam even though the CPR management
weren,t that sold on steam they kept a numbervof steam engine in storage
till 1966 thats why so many wen t tt he states they were available long
after the USlocos were chopped up CPR was a small power railroad d10s all
over the place no berkshires or mallets, Only a couple for a short time in
the rockies . but imagine trying to run a challenger thru spiral tunnels .
actually R Bowden did have a plan for Berkshires but the diesels took over
regards DAVID HILL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger T." <rogertra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 11:42 PM
Subject: Re: [cpsig] RE: CPR D-10 from sunset
Apparently "lashed together" must be one of those quaint expressions that
only we North Americans use to describe how the steam engineers kept their
double and triple heads together. I was not aware that diesels are
connected to each other differently from how steam engines were connected to
each other - couplers, isn't it?
Dave Pottinger
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Steam locos were never "lashed together". They were "double headed" or
"triple headed" etc.
"Lash-up" and or "lashed" together is , I believe, a term that only came
into use during the diesel era and is/was I believe, a purely railfan term.
Cheers.
Roger T.
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http://www.islandnet.com/~rogertra/
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