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Posted by Jeff H. on Sat Oct 7 03:35:03 2006, in response to Re: Pre-GOH R-46 Questions, posted by Eric B on Fri Oct 6 22:52:27 2006. A fellow who posts here sometimes used to own one of theseslide controllers as a collectible. It was, admittedly, a strange contraption with a chain and sprocket. The M series cars had the cineston-style from the beginning. The Westcode controllers were a standard offering from WABCO/WABTEC. Unfortunately in the R44 cab there really isn't enough depth and since car equipment just plopped the thing in the middle of the existing console, the result was a controller which was awkward, especially for motormen of substantial carriage. For the R46 project both types were tested. The NYAB product was custom-designed. I don't recall why it won out over the Westcode, but I recall crews didn't care for either. The new-tech controllers circumvent the issue of fitting a self-lapping straight air valve to the linear motion because they do not have a straight air pipe. In a way, they are similar to the original R44/R46 controllers but I have never taken one apart and I don't know how it is mechanically constructed. |
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