Motors

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My 2 cents.....and I've listened to railroad personnel a lot on scanners and radios over the years.  I first noticed folks in and around Bluefield at least 20 years ago referring to diesel locomotives as motors and believed as others previously stated that it was a latent term going back to the days of electrification on the N&W and Virginian.  Oddly enough over recent years I've herd the term used on other parts of NS including former Southern territories but until this discussion began it hadn't really registered to me.  During my just completed round trip driving and railfannng to Arizona I can remember both UP and BNSF personnel using the term on multiple occasions.  On the other side when living in Ohio in the 70's and regularly being in and around PC, EL, B&O, and N&W operations and personnel I can't remember one instance of the term being used.......   ??

Ed Painter        



On Dec 10, 2013, at 4:40 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:


> Gary

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>    People say change is good. I like the term motors better then units. I often here the pocky dispatcher

> say "Tie your horses up and lock the doors"  Of course that works on NS  I don,t know how that would workout

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> Subject: RE: Motors

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> Just to confuse things more, theoretically, the diesel motor on the diesel-electric locomotive is properly called the ‘prime mover’ as it supplies mechanical work to the generator/alternator , then the electricity to the electrical transmission components and drive motors on the locomotive.

> Gary Rolih

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> Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 11:17 PM

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> Subject: Re: Motors

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> "The times they are 'a changin'".

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> 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".

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> Jeff Sanders

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> 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.

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> 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:

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

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> Thanks,

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> Richard D. Shell

> Troutville, VA

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> 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!

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

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> Mike Pierry, Jr.

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