This post includes diagrams of the cab controls and describes additional electrical gear.
As you go through the various control descriptions you will observe the necessary foresight of the people in the 1960s setting the specifications for this equipment put in service in the 1980s ...
In the late 1960s, following the underwhelming reliability of the Turbo, something a little more conventional was indicated. So while this locomotive was designed to supply hotel power to its mated, trailing passenger cars ... you will see that cab controls for steam generators in trailing units are also included.
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| from: Illustrated Treasury of the MLW, 1904-1989; OM Kerr; 2002; DPA-LTA. |
The prototype versus a visit of a public relations LRC trainset at the former CNR 'outer' Kingston station in 1981.
