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From: <amtrak347@a...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 2:00 AM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] For E or F crew -
> Marshall -
> 1. Yes, the cab seats did rotate on the E units (E-7's, 8's, & 9's). As
for
> the E-5's, they were gone before I hired-out but you may want to contact
Dave
> Dote @ IRM for more details. The seats were also adjustable forward and
> backward. The seat backs had three positions of tilt. During my hostling
> days, 31 years ago at Aurora RH, my favorite fireman seat position was
full
> forward, rotated 90 degrees to the right (facing the control stand) and
the
> seat back in the full rearward "tilt" position.
>
> 2. Don't depict the 3rd seat for the headend brakeman. On passenger
trains,
> the headend brakeman rode the train, not the engine. The 3rd seat on an
> E-unit was for an "observer" such as the Road Foreman of Engines (the guy
> with the Stetson hat in "Q" days); recall the Trains Magazine photo of
Road
> Foreman, Red Visney running an "E" somewhere on the C&I.? If you put a
3rd
> man in the cab on the middle seat, make sure he is wearing a Stetson. The
> engineer and fireman most likely wore Kromer caps with OshKosh coveralls
> (pinstripes, my guess).
>
> I could "rattle on", but it's getting late. Good luck with your project.
>
> Bob Campbell
> Naperville, IL
>
Bob,
I recall riding an E5 and E7 with only two permanent seats, Engineman and
Fireman. There was a tall stool for any guests in the cab which could be
set anyplace. Whether this is for all locomotives of the class or
individual exceptions, I don't know.
BRAD
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