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GE Dash 8 Operating manual Diesel-electric locomotives GEJ-67208 1987
GE Dash 8 Operating manual
Dash 8 Diesel-electric locomotives
GEJ-67208
Copyright 1987
136 pages
LOCATION OF APPARATUS 1
GENERAL DATA 2
OPERATING CONTROLS
INTRODUCTION 4
DEVICES ON CONTROL CONSOLE4
DEVICES ON ENGINE CONTROL PANEL15
OTHER OPERATOR CAB CONTROLS23
DIAGNOSTIC DISPLAY PANEL (DID)
GENERAL INFORMATION29
THE DISPLAY30
USING THE DISPLAY30
MESSAGES AT LOCOMOTIVE START UP 32
OPERATING MODES IN LEVEL I36
EXAMPLE LEVEL I OPERATION44
LIST OF SUMMARY MESSAGES 56
AIR BRAKE EQUIPMENT
AIR EOUIPMENT ON THE CONTROL CONSOLE58
AIR BRAKE EQUIPMENT IN AIR BRAKE COMPARTMENT 62
AIR COMPRESSOR SAFETY VALVES 63
CUT OUT COCKS 63
ADJUSTING VALVES 64
OTHER EQUIPMENT
CONTROL COMPARTMENT EQUIPMENT 75
EQUIPMENT BLOWERS AND RADIATOR FAN 91
AIR COMPRESSOR 93
DIESEL ENGINE CONTROL GOVERNOR 95
MISCELLANEOUS EOUIPMENT 97
GAGES AND MEASURING DEVICES
PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE GAGES 99
0111ER GAGES100
DRAINING COOLING WATER SYSTEM 106
ALARMS, SAFEGUARDS, POWER DERATIONS
AND SHUTDOWNS
BARRING OVER SWITCH 107
EMERGENCY SANDING......108
ENGINE AIR FILTER PRESSURE SWITCH 108
GROUND CUT-OUT SWITCHES 108
MOTOR CUTOUT SWITCHES110
OIL AND WATER TEMPERATURE ANO PRESSURE . 111
OVERSPEED ENGINE SHUTDOWN 113
OVERSPEED LOCOMOTIVE 113
PCS SWITCH OPERATION 114
POWER LIMIT SWITCH 114
SAFETY CONTROL FOOT PEDAL 115
WHEELSLIP 115
PREPARATION FOR OPERATION
BEFORE BOARDING LOCOMOTIVE 117
AFTER BOARDING LOCOMOTIVE 117
STARTING ENGINE 119
BEFORE MOVING LOCOMOTIVE 121
FASTER AIR PUMPING 121
COLO WEATHER ENGINE STARTING/WARM UP 122
OPERATING PROCEDURES
MOVING A TRAIN 123
STOPPING A TRAIN 123
REVERSING LOCOMOTIVE 124
PASSING THROUGH WATER 124
PASSING OVER RAILROAD CROSSINGS 124
STOPPING ENGINE 124
BEFORE LEAVING LOCOMOTIVE 126
SAFETY CONTROLS._.... 126
DYNAMIC BRAKE OPERATION
APPLYING DYNAMIC BRAKES 128
USE Of AIR BRAKES DURING DYNAMIC BRAKING 129
RELEASE OF DYNAMIC BRAKING 130
MULTIPLE-UNIT OPERATION
OPERATING AS A LEADING UNIT 131
OPERATING AS A TRAILING UNIT132
CHANGING OPERATING ENOS 133
TO OPERATE WITH OTHER TYPES OF UNITS 134
BRAKE PIPE LEAKAGE TEST 135
DEAD HEADING IDEAD-IN-TRAIN) 135
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