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Re: [PHOTOS] BMT Multi Section Motorman's Cabs |
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Posted by randyo on Sat Jul 12 03:31:11 2025, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] BMT Multi Section Motorman's Cabs, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Jul 11 19:53:52 2025. Although the Zephyr and Green Hornet had the controls BMT style with left handed brake valves, the production Multis had IND style controls with right handed brake valves. I suspect that was done because operating a self lapping brake valve like the ME-39 is a bit awkward if installed left handed. The faucet handle door controls on the Multis were quite unique. The single handle in the lower middle opened the entire train like the opening button on the steels. The C/R would move the opening handle off the center position to open the doors and the handle would spring back to center. The C/R would operate the closing handles the same way. To close the doors left of the C/R position the C/R would move the handle to the left. To close the doors to the right, the C/R would move the handle to the right and in both cases, the handles would spring pack to the center position. Effectively those handles were nothing more than long buttons that moved to the right and left instead of being pushed in. You’ll notice in the rear of the cab just to the right of the cab door there is a box with a small handle on top. That is a drum switch much like the drum switches on the R types that needed a key to unlock but with only 2 positions, off and on. With the drum switch in the on position, the door controls in that cab were activated. There was no “thru” position on the drum switches because for some reason instead of putting the door control circuit in the electric portions of the couplers, the BMT chose to use door jumpers like the D types. |
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