ALL operational data is now, and has been for quite a while, stored in the on-board computer. An authorized person can either "dump" the data directly into a laptop or remove and replace the card holding the data. BNSF has a large force in Ft. Worth that has ONE function, remotely monitor ALL locomotive operations, REAL TIME !! You can "run" but ya CAN'T HIDE !!! DO IT RIGHT !!!!!!
Karl
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--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, dhartman@... wrote:
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> 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
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dhartman@...
> Sender: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 18:45:31
> To: CBQ yahoo<CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
> Reply-To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: Fwd: [CBQ] Re: Boyer speed recorders
>
> I often noticed them not "locked". Must have been a low priority item....
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: qutlx1@...
> Sender: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 12:19:58
> To: CBQ yahoo<CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
> Reply-To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> 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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> Begin forwarded message:
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> > From: "Rupert & Maureen" <gamlenz@...>
> > Date: November 22, 2012, 11:55:40 AM CST
> > To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: Re: [CBQ] Re: Boyer speed recorders
> > Reply-To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> >
> > 
> >
> > 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
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: qutlx1@...
> > To: CBQ yahoo
> > Sent: Friday, November 23, 2012 2:57 AM
> > 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
> >
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