Questions, Answers & Tips -
instant-on, and electronic control has saved millions in fuel
costs. Better to start and run the diesel instead of idling it for
hours while the compressor is not cycling. In the late seventies
I pulled frozen foods out of Ohio and could burn up about 60
to 70 gallons of fuel just for the reefer in a 24-hour day. These
new units would take a week to burn that much and still keep
the load frozen.
– Pete
Read the whole thread, including Chris's sound experiments,
at:
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More discussion about the Athearn sound-equipped refrigera-
tor cars:
More discussion about old and new mechanical reefers:
Q.
Now that I can use the DCC decoder to control headlights on
my locomotives, how do I use them? When should the lights be
on, dim, or off?
A.
You didn't say when and where, but here are the Union Pacific
rules from 1972. Rules on other railroads may vary in detail.
The headlight should be displayed, burning bright, at the front of
a train both day and night.
Headlights are dimmed
In yards where yard engines are employed
When standing close behind another train
When standing on the main track awaiting another train
which is to take the siding, but not until the approaching
train dims its headlight
Approaching and passing head end and rear end of a train
on an adjacent track
MRH-Feb 2013
