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10:15 Jul 2, 2008 |
German to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping / Locomotives | |||||||
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4 | Main equipment/switch-panel |
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Main equipment/switch-panel Explanation: Harking back to my days on the footplate, I seem to recall this was called "main switch panel"; the "Aufrüst-" bit is for when the driver is preparing the locomotive to take it out, so that means there are switches etc. which require (re)setting after the locomotive has been shut down or stabled temporarily. Although frequently called the "main switch", I prefer the term "master switch" for "Hauptschalter", purely to avoid the double meaning implicit in "main switch panel". Where you use the expression "master switch", it suggests quite clearly that this would be a "main switch-panel", rather than a "main-switch panel" - which it isn't, because the main switch/master switch is normally located elsewhere. Or was in those days. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2008-07-02 12:15:22 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Oh yes I am; I was at Crewe and Carnforth in the last years of steam, and while at Crewe I did work from time to time on electrics and diesels, if they couldn't find me a steam job. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2008-07-02 12:17:04 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Oh, yes: and then I transferred to Kings +, and spent three months there when the last steamers were withdrawn. |
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