Motors

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Mon Dec 9 23:17:18 EST 2013


"The times they are 'a changin'".
 
Well, actually, already changed. I heard them called motors for years on the yard. But Jimmy is right, in that they were most commonly referred to as units. Then I worked with one conductor who almost always called them .....what else?....."Diesels".
 
Jeff Sanders



On Monday, December 9, 2013 10:39 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

You are right Richard. Back when I was in freight, many engineers, one in particular named Charlie Linkous always referred to the consist as motors.

Chuck Akers 
Roanoke

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On Dec 8, 2013, at 7:37 AM, "NW Mailing List" <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:


Actually, I have heard NS employees refer to their locomotives as "motors"
lately.

Thanks,

Richard D. Shell
Troutville, VA

In a message dated 12/7/2013 9:19:15 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:
“Motors?”  MOTORS?

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>Where I come from, electrics were called motors.  Diesels were not.

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>EdKing

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>Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 8:36 PM

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>Subject: Paint needed!

> A couple of interesting motors arrived at Bristol today. #3522 was 2nd on 819; 8734 led 22A (with a much cleaner, newer 1027 following).

>

>Mike Pierry, Jr.

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