1959. A fascinating instructional film on driving diesel trains.

[spudfan]

No doubt things have changed slightly with the latest diesels but very interesting short film.

Driving The Train 1959 | Documentary | Talking Pictures TV (tptvencore.co.uk)

[commerlad]

Watched when aired live. Instantly knew had travelled on that unit from the number as it was one of the regulars on the Sheffield to Skegness run.

Proved right when at the end it pulled up at Skegness.

[Noel]

On 22/3/2023 at 11:46 PM, spudfan said:

No doubt things have changed slightly with the latest diesels but very interesting short film.

Driving The Train 1959 | Documentary | Talking Pictures TV (tptvencore.co.uk)

DMU. Have not yet found a good video on how to drive EMD diesel locos.

[Westcorkrailway]

16 minutes ago, Noel said:

DMU. Have not yet found a good video on how to drive EMD diesel locos.

And why do you need to know how to drive an EMD loco 

[Noel]

2 hours ago, Westcorkrailway said:

And why do you need to know how to drive an EMD loco 

Just curious to understand how the brakes and notching are properly managed on a train. I get the basic controls seem to be:

• Throttle notch controls 1-8
• Direction lever
• Loco Braking
• Train Braking

Watching old IRRS and RPSI videos of cab rides there seems to be a sort of choreography of nudging the brake handle and  notch controls, just curious to know what's going on and why. It seems obvious very different to driving a HGV.

 

[Branchline121]

On 30/3/2023 at 6:08 PM, Noel said:

Just curious to understand how the brakes and notching are properly managed on a train. I get the basic controls seem to be:

• Throttle notch controls 1-8
• Direction lever
• Loco Braking
• Train Braking

Watching old IRRS and RPSI videos of cab rides there seems to be a sort of choreography of nudging the brake handle and  notch controls, just curious to know what's going on and why. It seems obvious very different to driving a HGV.

 

Playing Train Simulators a good bit, I’ve learned setting up a standard American EMD consists of starting the engine, flicking on yer ‘Engine Run’, ‘Field Generator’ and ‘Fuel Pump’ on. All you have to do then is set the cut-off and MU-2A valves, charge the automatic brake by using the handbrake until you got ~90 PSI, set the reverser forward (or backward), then put throttle up (not too high or you’ll put stress on the engine) and you get your loco moving! Simple!