Control Stand - Attendant Call Switch?
Mookie
Checked my ID and I’m not Ed however; an Attendant Call switch rings a bell on trailing units of locomotive consist to get the attention of a crew member ridiing back there. Said crew member may also be conditioned to salivate (according to Pavlov’s Theory) and expect a treat. Much like the real Mookie! [:o)]
I used to be an “Ed.”
The control stand is where all of the levers (throttle, brakes, reverser) are on a locomotive.
In my experience, the Attendant Call has been a push-button. I once improvised a set of signals with my engineer, and was in the rearmost unit of the consist, passing signals to him around a curve using the Attendant Call.
When you’re flying and you hear that “bing boop” sound…that’s us in the front signalling the flight attedant that we’d like another scotch…
Dan [:p]
Wrong thread, there is no T_C here (yet). [;)]
Also handy for fooling the engineer into thinking his locomotive is shot, especially if you ring it for a long time.
Randy
Ok - that makes sense. I was like Dan and figured someone came running out to the engine with warm towel and cold drink!
The control stand drawing I sent you is of a standard EMD stand…and if you think about it, quite a few older GP 9s and 7s were used on passenger service also…
It does ring a bell in the other unit, to do just what LC said, get the attention of who ever is riding there, and like Randy said, you can bug the crap out of your engineer with it…
Ed
hehe… dont let me get ahold of those call switchs… i believe the UN has declared them a form of torture when in my hands…