This has been bugging me for a long time and I am finally going to ask. When the railroad is making just a movement of power with one or more locomotives, is it a light engine move or a lite engine move? I have seen it spelled both ways on this forum and I just wanted to know for sure.
Thanks
Light, as in the opposite of heavy.
But if you want to use the cutesy spelling that some beers and diet drinks use, feel free–I won’t yell at you.
Good nite!
Either… Both are in the dictionary. Lite is slang of light.
seen it both ways on dispatcher turnovers
Thanks guys for clearing that up[:D]
gauge or gage?[:D]
Power lite.
Over the road power moves used to be called bobtails in my neck of the woods.
The way I learned it, GAUGE is a standard to measure up to…
GAGE is something that shows a current condition…
Of course, I could give a better answer if I could gauge/gage your intention in posing the question…[;)]
[:-^]I say “potatoe” and you say “potato”, I say “tomatoe” and you say “tomato”, let’s call the whole thing off. Wow, am I dating myself with those old song lyrics or what?[:D]
EolaJim - bet you remember “Your Hit Parade”, too?
Either one is correct for a measurement such as rail spacing. I prefer gage. Why carry around that extra “u”? Besides, with gage, you never have to stop and think about whether the u goes before or after the a. The only problem with gage is that everybody thinks you are spelling it wrong.
Tastes great!
Less filling!