Can anyone tell me what is located in the nose of a typical diesel-electric locomotive?
Radio gear, crapper, crash barriers
Adrianspeeder
you mean toilet (crapper)? Man, if compleatly forgot about WC, I never even asked myself where the engeniers go to the little engeniers room while in the middle of nowhere
What did he say? [?]
He said what he said. what’s your point? (I didn’t know crapper is a word for toilet before today)
Usually sand is also housed in the nose of the locomotive.
On an earlier post, about a technical question( his first post on here) He mentions that he is from Croatia. I think it’s fair to presume that english is a second language for him. I’m sure his english is much better than my croation![:)]
yes, like I said, I didn’t hear people use the word “crapper” for toilet, but I assumet it was toilet because, you know…crap–>crapper
THere was a recent show on the History Channel, regarding the history of the Toile/water closet, and it was mentioned that one of the early models was one that was made by the “John M. Crapper Company” and was so embossed, I guess to the extent that the name became part of the language, like Kleenex, Band-aids, Q-tips and others…maybe that will be some information for our friend from Croatia[:D][:D]
Are you serious?
I thought the word crapper comes from crap, as in a place where you leave your crap [:)]
I’d have to say it was just the opposite. I’d heard the Crapper thing before.
then it’s destiny at work: a man called crapper invents locomotive toilet
Most toilets are in the nose .On a wide body they are on the right side as you walk thru a second door, with a vaccum or plunger type toilet.I think it takes about 80 psi to operate the vaccum ones.A septic recovery sytem "dumps"the waste.Also there is a tool box that hangs to the left with air hoses,chisel’s,hammer and wrench.Most of your rail view camera electronics are across from the toilet along with the cab signal equipment.You also have a little box on the wall with flares in it.And the sand box is tucked in there to.Standard cab loco’s have a sand box,and toilet in their nose section.If your very tall it is a tight fit,and hot.
Sand box? Is that for those CAT-powered engines??? [}:)]
-Mark
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