V2N
This is a view of the throttle wheel used on the V2N. It is very original.
When they were designed, the V2N cars were supposed to be used with thyristor
locomotives (BB 26000). But the engineers saw it would be too expensive.
So they modified some BB 16000 to BB 16100 and some BB 9200 to BB 9700. The
problem is these locomotives don't use any power-electronics. They are
old and use an electro-mechanical command of engines.
And so, the throttle wheel has a linear command on its left (for thyristor
machines) and a command on the right for the electro-mechanical machines.
In 95% of cases, drivers use the right side, because the linear command simply
doesn't work.
Photo taken from a video film of mine, that's why the quality is poorest than with a "normal" photo.
Adam Galkowski - bb17000@caramail.com