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Dummies (was Re: AUSTRIAN RAIL CAR
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Sun, 7 Feb 1999 16:32:46 GMT
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No, not what you think!!! I forgot something that interested readers may
find interesting. And uninteresting (1) readers should feel free to push
N now.
Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> Contrast with a "power car" which is part of a larger train, has power
> AND accomodations, but does not connote completeness. The 4558
> metroliner, for example, has two power cars, one at each end (although
> one is a dummy, or unpowered, model of a powered prototype).
Note that "dummy" in model parlance means exactly the opposite of what
it means in real parlance.
In model parlance, a "dummy" is a non functional or essentially
decorative item.
A dummy coupler is a decorative coupler that does not actually function.
Not seen in LEGO much.
A dummy truck is an unpowered model of a powered truck. For instance the
4551 has one powered truck/articulation point and one unpowered (the
powered one is on the right in this image:
http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=4551)
A dummy locomotive, or a dummy power car (in the case of the 4558) is an
entire unit that is unpowered but is a model of a powered unit. For
instance the 4558 has a dummy power car (which is on the left in this
image: http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=4558 )
(2)
In real railroad parlance the term dummy is much less used. The one
place I know of it was in early elevated/street railway usage. (circa
1880, pre electrification) In that usage, a "dummy locomotive" is a
small steam engine fitted with body work to make it look like an
unpowered unit, that is, a coach! This was done, apparently, to avoid
scaring the horses of the time. Not very successfully.
++Lar
1 - er, I mean uninterested readers, of course
2 - Now, of course, my as built models of both 4551 and 4558 have the
dummy trucks replaced with powered trucks, making the 4551 two truck
powered, and the 4558 with both power cars powered. But I like the extra
power that more motors bring. Hang the expense!
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| Larry P wrote (...) LOL! I can just see the dummy "coach", puffing surreptitiously as it trundles along the elevated tracks, with every horse on the road belwo rearing and shying as it passes. Kevin (25 years ago, 7-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) US practice as well. Other terms for such a beast are Doodlebug and RDC. (Rail Diesel Car), both of which originally referred to the products of a specific firm. The notion is that one of these units can take the place of a whole train, (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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