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(05-15-2021, 10:12 PM)doctorwayne Wrote: (05-15-2021, 09:33 PM)oldline1 Wrote: Did anyone notice the guy up on the light pole? No OSHA back then!
Yeah, he appears to be the only one working, while everybody else is just lounging around.
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Thanks to the governments current way of thinking, they may still go back and fine his company for violating today's safety rules.
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(05-15-2021, 09:33 PM)oldline1 Wrote: (03-31-2021, 12:22 PM)nachoman Wrote: My favorite steam wheel arrangement is the 4-4-2. Not sure why, maybe because they were quickly superseded by the 4-6-2 making them unusual.
I found a Mantua 4-4-2 at a train show about 10 years ago, and paid about $10 for it. It runs great, but lacks a few details. However, I debated whether to letter it for my fictional railroad, or just leave it as-is. I just couldn't picture a small Arizona shortline owning a 4-4-2. In the universe of my fictional railroad, There was a line connecting Phoenix to Safford and the mining regions around there. There was a proposed line, the Arizona Eastern, connecting those towns, but the last segment was never actually built.
Yesterday I stumbled across this photo online of the opening of the Phoenix Union train station. And lo and behold, an Arizona Eastern 4-4-2!
I could find a MDC SP cab to throw on my locomotive. I have a Vanderbilt tender...
Did anyone notice the guy up on the light pole? No OSHA back then!
Been bothering me ever since i found the photo! What is he doing?
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To me it looks more like he is standing on the raised portion of the roof rather than climbing the pole.
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(05-16-2021, 10:49 AM)FiatFan Wrote: To me it looks more like he is standing on the raised portion of the roof rather than climbing the pole.
Tom
I originally thought that he was walking atop the parapet, but it appears that he's sitting on the arm of the light standard, probably trying to replace a burnt-out light bulb...otherwise, there's no reason for the ladder to be there.
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Hello,
it seems to me, the guy on the lamp post just wants to be pictured on the photo at a prominent place.
And i presume the A.T.& S.F. loco, of which only the cab is visible on the photo, will look like this one:
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(05-17-2021, 04:39 AM)Schraddel Wrote: Hello,
it seems to me, the guy on the lamp post just wants to be pictured on the photo at a prominent place.
And i presume the A.T.& S.F. loco, of which only the cab is visible on the photo, will look like this one:
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Actually , no, Lutz...it's a Pacific...
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Think about it, that guy was able to shimmy down to the lamp, change the bulb and somehow, get back and down without incident. Total cost to the company, one ladder (already on the truck) and about 20 minutes of labor. Now days, they would have to own ($50,000), or rent ($150/hour) an articulated boom lift, while having one man in the bucket and two on the ground for at least two hours, plus a safety inspector to insure they're doing the job in accordance to the latest OSHA standards.
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(05-17-2021, 11:18 AM)ezdays Wrote: Think about it, that guy was able to shimmy down to the lamp, change the bulb and somehow, get back and down without incident. Total cost to the company, one ladder (already on the truck) and about 20 minutes of labor. Now days, they would have to own ($50,000), or rent ($150/hour) an articulated boom lift, while having one man in the bucket and two on the ground for at least two hours, plus a safety inspector to insure they're doing the job in accordance to the latest OSHA standards.
How do you know there was no incident?
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@Wayne
Mist! Wieder daneben geraten.
@Kevin
There was no accident at the time when the photo was made.
The simple explanation, there is a old German yoke (yes there are really some, but as German you are urgent requested going down into the basement for laughing for the yoke):
Frage: "Was ist schwarz und hängt an der Decke?"
Antwort: "Schlechter Elektriker."
My attempt to translate:
Question: "What is charred and is hanging down from the ceiling?"
Answer: "Bad skilled electrician."
And as you can clearly seen the man on the lamp post is not carbonized.
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(05-17-2021, 02:02 PM)nachoman Wrote: How do you know there was no incident?
Well, they didn't have workman's comp, or even medical coverage back then, not even lawyers that had TV commercials, , so these folks were extra careful doing what they do, unlike the, "hey, I'm covered, and I'll probably sue regardless" generation.
Plus what Lutz said.....
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(05-17-2021, 02:25 PM)Schraddel Wrote: @Wayne
Mist! Wieder daneben geraten.
Well, it was a good guess and probably the most logical, too. However, on my screen, I could see only part of the the 4-4-2 (the pilot and the first wheelset weren't visible). I then, realising that there should more, right-clicked on the picture then clicked on the option to "view image", which then showed both locos completely.
@Kevin
There was no accident at the time when the photo was made.
The simple explanation, there is a old German yoke (yes there are really some, but as German you are urgent requested going down into the basement for laughing for the yoke):
Frage: "Was ist schwarz und hängt an der Decke?"
Antwort: "Schlechter Elektriker."
My attempt to translate:
Question: "What is charred and is hanging down from the ceiling?"
Answer: "Bad skilled electrician."
And as you can clearly seen the man on the lamp post is not carbonized.
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In high school, my German teacher (a Scotsman) always referred to me as Herr Tod (a play on the pronunciation of my surname). I didn't mind it until I realised that perhaps, given my less than stellar diction when attempting to answer a question in German, that he may have considered me not dead, but merely brain-dead.
My abilities in French were equally miserable.
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Sumptins wrong with my 'puter, keep getting scrambled words that I can't decipher.
Chalk it up to old age and the fact that I never learned any foreign languages. Had a choice of French, German or Spanish in school, plus my mother spoke fluent Ukrainian but never taught us kids a single word of it.
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Don - Google to the rescue!
https://translate.google.com/
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(05-18-2021, 10:12 AM)FiatFan Wrote: Don - Google to the rescue!
https://translate.google.com/
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Thank you good sir, boy, is that ever so handy to have. I will remember that link always. it may even be good to translate some of those spam posts that show up here once in a while or that show up in my email, not that I'd take the risk.
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Did you also notice the guy sitting on the side rods of the 4-4-2?
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