And on the subject of Big Brother, do they still have speed recorders? Something electronic? Or do they use GPS?
And, as Steve and others well know, there were rarely any secrets from dispatchers. Funny how we would get further down the line for meets with some engineers rather than others ;)
Doug
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Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 18:45:31 +0000
Subject: Re: Fwd: [CBQ] Re: Boyer speed recorders
I often noticed them not "locked". Must have been a low priority item....
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Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 12:19:58 -0600
Subject: Fwd: [CBQ] Re: Boyer speed recorders
Rupert if you have received Zephyr 65 look at the photo at bottom left on pg 10.
The speed recorder tape(if there is one)
Will be in the box on top the speedometer . The lid flips forward to allow access. There would be a lock on the back side
Leo
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Leo
Where was the recorder tape box
situated? 100 years ago, it was positioned directly above the front truck with a
coiled wire belt running round a pulley wheel bolted on the outer end of the
axle. There was a "fine tension wire" by which the movement of the recorder is transmitted to a speed gauge in the
cab.
Rupert Gamlen
Auckland
NZ
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Subject: Fwd: [CBQ] Re: Boyer speed
recorders
Karl politely didn't mention that for some unknown reason recorder tapes
were often unavailable for review after an incident.
Just an odd coincidence that the Rdhse forces would forget to install new
tapes
On a loco about to be involved in an event
Leo Phillipp