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Steam locomotives still in use
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david parsons
Aug 27, 2003, 12:43:51 PM8/27/03
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In article <845217a118973c2a...@grapevine.islandnet.com>,
Roger T. <roge...@highspeedplus.com> wrote:
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>"John McCoy"
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>> Well, in theory you could swap trucks, as is done on the
>> China/Russia border. In practice running standard guage
>> stock on metre gauge trucks would not work well.
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>Why not?
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>They did it all the time on the CNR in Newfoundland. Standard gauge freight
>cars retrucked to 36"
Roger T. <roge...@highspeedplus.com> wrote:
>
>"John McCoy"
>
>> Well, in theory you could swap trucks, as is done on the
>> China/Russia border. In practice running standard guage
>> stock on metre gauge trucks would not work well.
>
>Why not?
>
>They did it all the time on the CNR in Newfoundland. Standard gauge freight
>cars retrucked to 36"
42" gauge.
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Daniel A. Mitchell
Aug 27, 2003, 1:46:07 PM8/27/03
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East Broad Top in Pennsylvania did it regularly with standard gauge cars
put onto 3' narrow gauge trucks. They had a purpose built gantry crane
to lift the cars for the truck swap.
put onto 3' narrow gauge trucks. They had a purpose built gantry crane
to lift the cars for the truck swap.
Dan Mitchell
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