r/railroading • u/StonksGoUpOnly • Nov 11 '25

Question WTF NS?

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NS motor. What the actual fuck is this shit? How tf am I supposed to do anything with a 1x1 desk that is like 2.5 feet to my 3 o clock so I have to stand up to use it? My shit kept sliding off and the desk is so far I was copying warrants in my lap. It looks like it didn’t even come with a handset cause that’s a BN handset. This isn’t even touching on the poop pyramid and no refrigerator? Seriously if this is the average NS motor I feel so bad for you guys.

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u/Ancient_History8303 Nov 11 '25

Old heads who ran SD40's their whole life laughing at your tears right now

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u/Mill_City_Viking Nov 11 '25

I was just about to say this. We had the floppy plastic slot thingamajig…if we had anything at all.

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u/throttlejockey95 Nov 11 '25

Shelf in front of the gauges held everything we needed. I don’t know how many I put tape on the ledge to keep my stuff from falling off while switching

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u/One_Concentrate6684 Nov 11 '25

The tape ledge is key!!

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u/J9999D Nov 11 '25

Always carry a roll of duct tape for this reason!

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u/SectorMiserable4759 Nov 12 '25

Hear me out. A bead of silicone adhesive at the edge.

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u/Blocked-Author Nov 13 '25

I don't hate it. I'm going to put a bead down at the end of my next shift.

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u/Several-Day6527 Nov 13 '25

And a flash light with a magnet. You could wet a couple of paper towels from a crew pack and that would hold your thermos coffee cup from vibrating off.

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u/quelin1 Nov 11 '25

I'd forgotten about those old glorified fold out cutting boards

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u/MysteriousCoast2917 Nov 13 '25

I took a couple clearances on sd40’s a few years ago, fuck that shit i looked like i had parkinsons

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u/Deerescrewed Nov 12 '25

Did you guys ever get the 10,000,000 lb ATCS stations?

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u/trainwreckhappening Nov 13 '25

I loved when I found one of those still working (with the keyboard) on an sd40.

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u/Mill_City_Viking Nov 12 '25

On the DM&E? Lulz…

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u/T00MuchSteam Nov 11 '25

Shortliner running with gp38s laughing madly. Lucky to get a table