Re: [CBQ] Re: C&S E5 on Dinky

["Don Brown dbrown02@rochester.rr.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>]

As I recall it, the road/yard switch affected the load regulator, and provided for more rapid response as soon as the throttle was opened.  It may be the "yard" position forestalled shunting, I don't recall - you sure would not want a momentary loss of power and subsequent surge just as the pin man makes the cut.

On 1/16/2018 8:20 AM, thommack@yahoo.com [CBQ] wrote:

 

BTW, since transition is controlled electrically (and now electronically in a computer), you can set a locomotive up with two different transition settings, and control those with a switch on a control stand. Thus you would sometimes see a switch marked Yard and Road on the control stand so that you could kick cars better when a road switcher was used in the yard, vs. when you were on the road and needed a faster transition for speed.

Tom Mack

Cincinnati, OH

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Posted by: Don Brown <dbrown02@rochester.rr.com>

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