Parts of a locomotive

[Iain]

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[nkalanaga]

I've seen this somewhere before, but can't remember where.  I have the image, saved March 25, 2015, so probably on Railwire.

It's still a good one.  Somewhere out there is a version with names of cows as well.

And, for those of a more technical bent, there's the "up-goer-five":
http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1133:_Up_Goer_Five

[jagged ben]

The photo is  actually reversed, no?  (It's the conductor's side.) 

Also can someone explain the Narnia joke?

[nkalanaga]

On the BN, and the GN/NP/SP&S before that, it would be the engineer's side.  Unlike autos, the engineers, at least on those roads, were on the right side, with the fireman, brakeman, or conductor, as crews changed, on the left.

On the N&W and old Southern, when they ran long-hood-forward, this would have been the conductor's side.

How the C&NW, which ran left-handed on double track, seated their crews I have no idea.  Anyone here know?

[Missaberoad]

On the BN, and the GN/NP/SP&S before that, it would be the engineer's side.  Unlike autos, the engineers, at least on those roads, were on the right side, with the fireman, brakeman, or conductor, as crews changed, on the left.

On the N&W and old Southern, when they ran long-hood-forward, this would have been the conductor's side.

How the C&NW, which ran left-handed on double track, seated their crews I have no idea.  Anyone here know?

The image is of the conductor's side (left) of the locomotive. it is however mirrored in this picture the inverter cabinet is on the left hand side of modern GE locomotives.

AFAIK the conductor always sat on the left relative to the front of the locomotive... even the early road switchers with dual control stands had them set up for "right hand drive"

CNW had a standard setup as did DMIR and Canadian Pacific who both also had extensive left-handed double track...

[nkalanaga]

Ryan:  Thank you, for explaining the "reversed" picture and for the C&NW info.

To me, it's just a "modern loco", and I wouldn't know one side from the other.  I read the "human handbrake" as the engineer, who works the brakes, and the picture looked fine to me.

[peteski]

I found that whole thing more silly than amusing.  Since it was supposed to be silly, they also should have used THINGIE instead of just plain THING.

[Iain]

I've seen this somewhere before, but can't remember where.  I have the image, saved March 25, 2015, so probably on Railwire.

It's still a good one.  Somewhere out there is a version with names of cows as well.

And, for those of a more technical bent, there's the "up-goer-five":
http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1133:_Up_Goer_Five

I love xkcd

[Caveman]

Also can someone explain the Narnia joke?

Didn't the kids go through a closet door to get to Narnia in C.S. Lewis's The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe? I read that book decades ago so I may have forgotten.

After typing the title of the book, the kids must have gone through a wardrobe door. 

[nkalanaga]

What's the difference between a "wardrobe" (storage, not clothing) and a "closet"?

From dictionary.com

"2.  a piece of furniture for holding clothes, now usually a tall, upright case fitted with hooks, shelves, etc.
3.  a room or place in which to keep clothes or costumes."

Definition 3 sounds like a closet to me.