Dead in Tow

The proper railroad term is "dead in tow". Even if the unit "died enroute", it would still wind up being "dead in tow".

Hotwater. I edited my wording.  English was not my best topic in school.

Nice layout but what is that tower by the A&W root beer building?

The gi-raffes are much happier, thanks. 

Mitch

OSCALERUBE that is a water tower.  It is made out of 2" plastic pipe couplings and a 2" to 4" change over on top.  The 2" lower part of the tower is covered in sand paper.

CBS072 posted:

OSCALERUBE that is a water tower.  It is made out of 2" plastic pipe couplings and a 2" to 4" change over on top.  The 2" lower part of the tower is covered in sand paper.

Nicely done too.

I thought it was a water tower but I've never seen with those two things sticking out the top. Looks great.

I am very glad to see the Gi-raffes are once again happy!!

The things sticking out of the top of the water tower are cell phone antennas. Which are the made from the little plastic things that are in large pizza boxes to keep the box lid off of the pizza.

CBS072 posted:

The things sticking out of the top of the water tower are cell phone antennas. Which are the made from the little plastic things that are in large pizza boxes to keep the box lid off of the pizza.

Every week I take that stupid piece of plastic off the pizza and say to myself "self- somebody out there in OGR land must have a use for these things for something other than a table"

Glad to know that no Gi-raffes were harmed in the making of this thread

Them old gi-raffes grew up on white thin Lionel  SP smoke, but they do not like the black thick Alco smoke.  They could not see the Rozerback Traction companies overhead trolley wire for the black smoke.

Now I see why they were so mad. Getting their ossicones tangled up in the overhead power lines is not pretty, it can be a real shocking experience for them!!  

Mitch takes good care of them!

rtr12 posted:

Now I see why they were so mad. Getting their ossicones tangled up in the overhead power lines is not pretty, it can be a real shocking experience for them!!  

Mitch takes good care of them!

Yus!

After all,  I don't want the gi-raffes panning me!  Really and trolley I don't! 

Mitch

On Santa Fe, we used the designation D I C (dead in consist) for dead units in multiple-unit control status (jumper cables plugged in, auxiliary air hoses connected [main reservoir, application/release, actuating, forward and reverse sanding if equipped] in addition to the brake pipe hoses).  

Dead units with only the brake pipe connected (and dead-engine cock properly positioned) were referred to as D I T (dead in tow) whether coupled right behind the engine or back in the train.

Yep they just become another box car when buried in the train.. however it's not a common site   because the engine(s) usually end up going to the shop at the final terminal  and it's much easier to have them already coupled to the existing power rather than have a yard crew switch them out.