Well I’m sorry that we keep our cabs higher than American standards [:P]
Bet next your gonna get microwaves, hot plates and working toilets…[:D]
…and seats that recline all the way back. [zzz]
They’re getting rid of that ad ASAP.
Well, in the 1st / SD40-2 photo, on the left side there appears to be an electric hot plate/ burner heating element on top of a pale green metal box case, with a circular stainless steel guard most of the way around it - no doubt to keep the coffee pot from sliding off !
- Paul North.
But wait, there’s more -
In the 2nd photo of the cab of GE AC4400CW CP 9719, it looks like that burner/ warmer is now a built-in on the right-side of the conductor’s desktop (on the left side of the cab, right next to the stairway down), although it may be hard to see because is is partially obscured by what has to be a 1/4-circle safety guard of brown plastic - an acceptable downside, I suppose, to being able to pour the coffee while remaining seated.
It’s right above what sure looks like the door to a mini-fridge below - also brown, on the left-side of that stairway, before the yellow cabinet.
Ah, but this is Canada - and the royal subjects probably prefer tea, eh ? That would explain the top of the stainless steel teakettle - black handle and spout - protruding just above the conductor’s dashboard, under the left wiper of the left cab window. All the better to deal with those harsh winters . . .
Interestingly, in the 3rd photo of the cab of GE ES44AC CP 8877, all that can be seen of these amenities is the top of the quarter-circle brown plastic guard around the burner/ warmer, just beyond the top of the left-most engineer’s control stand cabinet (the one with the black phone on it).
Anyway, they are all nice clear well-lit photos, Matt - thanks for sharing. Could you maybe get some close-ups of each control stand some time - enough to see and understand the relationships and read the lettering on each gauge/ switch, etc. ? Thanks again.
- Paul North.
Nah, that’s what other people do, not me [;)]