The ACS-64

[Ryan]

Peanut butter? (on a pb&b sandwich)

 

[user 1215]

I don't really like the design myself. I was hoping for a more rounded design. It looks like a toaster and an HHP-8 both hit Superman at 5,000,000mph and this is what results. In my mind, it's either too flat, or too rounded, going more the other way or the other would be fine, but to me it just looks weird. But the real truth in a locomotive is how well it performs. I can live with (and will have to anyways! ) a locomotive regardless of the looks as long as it does its job well.

I think it should be more rounded to match the Amfleets. Corrogated, too.

 

[the_traveler]

1343501715[/url]' post='383265']What's in between a toaster and bananas? hboy: Can't think of one at the moment...

My mouth!

 

[Acela150]

1343501715[/url]' post='383265']What's in between a toaster and bananas? hboy: Can't think of one at the moment...

My mouth!

Ha! So the nickname of the ACS-64 is Dave's Mouth? hboy: :lol: :lol:

 

[AlanB]

What's in between a toaster and bananas? hboy: Can't think of one at the moment...

The French Toast served at the Polynesian Hotel at Walt Disney World!

They take a 1 inch thick slice of Challah bread and stuff it with bananas, then roll it in cinnamon & brown sugar.

 

[RampWidget]

The micro-fridge should come with some kind of a lock that allows opening its door only when the train is stopped... else someday an engineer might attempt the "stunt" of leaving the driving cab at 125 mph to go grab that inviting ice-cold bottle of Coke sitting in the fridge

Frankly, I would not worry about it. There are so many checks to make sure that the engineer is doing his/her work under NEC CTC Cab Signal and ACSES that if s/he actually tries to pull such a stunt the worst thing that will happen is a penalty brake application before anything really bad can take place. Afterall they have to keep responding to the alerter every so often. Who is going to take care of that if they are away at the fridge?

If there's Coke in the fridge you have a lot more to worry about than an engineer leaving his post to grab one. You'll need to worry about passengers climbing over/around the engine to get to the stash of Cokes!

Heh! This would be today's Coke in a can with no Coke in it, if you get what I mean So not to worry

It's no big issue, really. If there's an engineer & asst. engineer, the one not running grabs stuff out of the fridge for the engineer at the controls. If there's a lone engineer, then s/he (hopefully) waits for a station stop, train meet, etc. to go to the fridge or visit the lav. Works the same way for freight crews. Besides, in most locomotives, the fridge is just a couple or three feet at most from the control stand.