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drgw0579

September 04, 2016 05:50PM

Registered: 16 years ago
Posts: 1,251

In the early days of the Friends, I had the pleasure to work with 3 gentlemen who retired from the Rio Grande and spent many years working on wooden cars (John Carson, Harry Babcock, Hawley Seeley). They would get very excited if you called those things "roof walks" or "cat walks", They would let you know that they were "Running Boards".

Would be interested if anyone else had the same experiences.

and btw, never use "deck screws" to fasten down your running boards! I got an ear full once from Harry about that.

Bill Kepner

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roof walks?	james sordedlet	September 03, 2016 12:26PM
Re: roof walks?	risrwy	September 03, 2016 02:06PM
Re: roof walks?	rninrvr	September 03, 2016 02:34PM
Re: roof walks?	Clyde Putman	September 03, 2016 04:44PM
Re: roof walks? # 3073 needs work (video link)	rod	September 06, 2016 09:31PM
Re: roof walks? # 3073 needs work (video link)	John West	September 06, 2016 09:37PM
Re: roof walks on boxcars - slippery when wet . . .	Russo Loco	September 03, 2016 06:32PM
Re: roof walks walks on boxcars - slippery when wet . . .	Zach	September 03, 2016 06:37PM
Re: roof walks?	james sordedlet	September 03, 2016 09:08PM
Re: roof walks?	Zach	September 04, 2016 04:44PM
Running Boards!	drgw0579	September 04, 2016 05:50PM
Re: Running Boards!	Zach	September 04, 2016 07:07PM
Re: Running Boards!	dougvv	September 06, 2016 12:39AM
Re: Running Boards!	Chris Walker	September 06, 2016 12:56AM
Re: roof walks?	Herb Kelsey	September 05, 2016 03:00AM
Re: roof walks?	TonyK375	September 05, 2016 10:42PM
Re: roof walks?	Zach	September 06, 2016 01:39AM
Re: roof walks?	tinticng	September 06, 2016 05:46PM
Re: roof walks?	pd3463	September 06, 2016 06:16PM
Re: roof walks?	Zach	September 06, 2016 07:30PM
Re: roof walks?	james sordedlet	September 06, 2016 10:54PM
Re: roof walks?	dave2-8-0	September 07, 2016 09:57PM
Re: roof walks?	TonyK375	September 08, 2016 02:20AM
Re: roof walks?	et&wnc	September 08, 2016 05:08PM

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