Getting To Know Our Fellow RYPN-ers

Les Beckman · **Joined:** Tue Aug 02, 2005 1:25 pm **Posts:** 6482

kjohnson wrote:

Greetings

From Karl Johnson
Superintendent (acting)
Cameron Beach Yard
SFMTA (or MUNI to most of you)

Karl -

Can you explain the marker lamp hanging from the middle of the trolley you are leaning against? I usually think of marker lights at the corners of cars (such as on the yellow car behind you) and don't recall seeing one hung from this particular position.

Les

PaulWWoodring · **Posted:** Thu Feb 21, 2013 10:55 am

Les Beckman wrote:

PaulWWoodring wrote:

Just because my photo was taken while I was working on a contemporary Class I as an engineer, does not make dismals my major point of interest. Those who know me know there are few bigger steam fans under the age of 60.

Paul -

When I compiled the list of subjects with photos of the RYPN-ers, I certainly did not mean to imply that this was definitely their major point of interest. If you took the list that way, I apologize. And I have slightly revised my comments. Hope that the revision makes that a bit clearer.

Les

Les,

My reply really didn't come off as intended. No need to apologize, I just wanted to clarify my primary interests.

Paul

Richard Glueck · **Posted:** Thu Feb 21, 2013 11:07 am

Bob Bunge, to clarify, is that telescope steam or Diesel powered?

Great alternative interest, by the way!

bbunge · **Posted:** Thu Feb 21, 2013 11:33 am

Richard Glueck wrote:

Bob Bunge, to clarify, is that telescope steam or Diesel powered?

Mmm... the telescope is moved by the most complex computer known to man ... hand-eye coordination. There is a laptop computer and other battery powered accessories, so I would have to say it is steam powered.

Bob

Steve Zarick · **Posted:** Thu Feb 21, 2013 7:09 pm

Greetings, all! I'm an almost daily lurker and occasional poster for many years. Great thread, by the way. Been enjoying seeing many of the folks I've been reading all of these years.

From my days at the Middletown and Hummelstown. A formal portrait from about 2000, and firing ex-CNR 91, around 2004. I look about the same, except for a few more pounds and alot less hair, and the hair that's left is a tad gray now. But you get the idea.

omar · **Posted:** Thu Feb 21, 2013 7:48 pm

bbunge wrote:

Ok, just to be different. One of my hobbies, amateur astronomy and telescope making:
Bob

Wow! Things have changed since I tried to grind a 10" F8 blank in the garage & decided to buy a 4 1/4" mirror from Edmund Scientific & make my own equitorial mount.

You could still see things in NYC back then, sort of.

wilkinsd · **Posted:** Thu Feb 21, 2013 8:58 pm

Les Beckman wrote:

kjohnson wrote:

Greetings

From Karl Johnson
Superintendent (acting)
Cameron Beach Yard
SFMTA (or MUNI to most of you)

Karl -

Can you explain the marker lamp hanging from the middle of the trolley you are leaning against? I usually think of marker lights at the corners of cars (such as on the yellow car behind you) and don't recall seeing one hung from this particular position.

Les

Les,

I think the use of RR-style marker lights is a MUNI think and maybe even the Market Street Railway did it. My guess is that it has a lot to do with the weather conditions in SF. The markers help prevent collisions in foggy weather, and stay on if the pole de-wires.

wesp · **Posted:** Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:10 pm

Capital Transit and predecessors used oil markers. When the PCCs arrived with 32v those cars did not carry oil lamps.

Wesley

kjohnson · **Posted:** Thu Feb 21, 2013 11:52 pm

Karl -

Can you explain the marker lamp hanging from the middle of the trolley you are leaning against? I usually think of marker lights at the corners of cars (such as on the yellow car behind you) and don't recall seeing one hung from this particular position.

Les

Hi All,

90 + years ago, these markers were a single red lens variety. They were needed as the Municipal Railway (MUNI) operated over an ICC Railroad, the Ocean Shore Railway on the "H" line on Potrero Ave in San Francisco. The cars also had (and the older MUNI cars still have them) watt hour meters in them to record the power consumed while operating over this line.

Presently, neither the Ocean Shore nor the MUNI operates over Potrero Ave. The markers are used in the evening for protection in the dark and the, occasional fog that we get on the coast. We have made these powered by a battery and LED. The LED is internal to the housing.

Due to some clearance issues, they now hang off the center posts. Also, it makes them hard to steal.

If you look at the very bottom of the green car, you'll see some smaller red and amber LEDs we use to comply with the current Ca. PUC regs. The large marker is added safety margin.

If any one has any of the single red lens markers they'd like to get rid of, let me know !

Cheers--Karl

Erik Ledbetter · **Posted:** Fri Feb 22, 2013 3:23 pm

I hate this picture, but...

cjvrr · **Posted:** Fri Feb 22, 2013 5:09 pm

Here I am a few years ago on a speeder trip I helped set up. Yes, I was having tons of fun!

CV the civil E in NJ

tsrachaser · **Joined:** Tue Sep 30, 2008 11:28 am **Posts:** 9

Yet another from the RMNE in CT...never seem to post very much, but read often. Feel free to drop a note!

Dave Manning
49 CFR 200-299, NY

Howard P. · **Posted:** Mon Feb 25, 2013 11:58 am

Dave, those are much more impressive than pics of you driving the computer and updating personnel files!!

Howard P.

tsrachaser · **Joined:** Tue Sep 30, 2008 11:28 am **Posts:** 9

Howard P. wrote:

Dave, those are much more impressive than pics of you driving the computer and updating personnel files!!

Howard P.

Yet which do I get to spend more time doing lately? grrrrrrrr.

sbhunterca · **Joined:** Sun Aug 22, 2004 7:58 am **Posts:** 728

OK, I've resisted so far, but here goes... with my good friend, CNR 4-6-0 #1112 at RMEO.

Steve Hunter

http://public.fotki.com/elliottd/sfrmeo/sfrmeo-album--12/1112-steve-sfrm-002.html