01-06-2014, 08:59 AM
Having ran a short line with 2 locomotives for 14 years I would really have liked to have a 2 stall locomotive shed. I only had 5.2 miles of track so only one locomotive was in use at any time, but in the winter they were both kept warm, one in the shop the other on a boiler. You never know when that back-up had to be used. We generally used the one that sat out because we could warm it with it's own engine while working.
The New Castle Industrial railroad has a two stall engine house with 10 miles of track, so having a two stall facility is not redundant, especially if one locomotive needs repairs that keep it inoperable for any length of time, you have another stall to keep your other locomotive out of the elements.
a short line doesn't have the resources to repair a locomotive rapidly like a class one so it is up to the normal crew to do the repair work too.
Charlie
The New Castle Industrial railroad has a two stall engine house with 10 miles of track, so having a two stall facility is not redundant, especially if one locomotive needs repairs that keep it inoperable for any length of time, you have another stall to keep your other locomotive out of the elements.
a short line doesn't have the resources to repair a locomotive rapidly like a class one so it is up to the normal crew to do the repair work too.
Charlie