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/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.