Plows and flangers: considered a 'set' on locomotives?
| November 08, 2018 07:16PM |
Lately I've been looking at the Priest flangers that were used on the K-28s. I used to -assume- that flangers were permanently installed and the big snowplows came on and off as necessary, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
Were these considered a 'set' of sorts? It kinda makes sense they would be.
Here is the photo that got me thinking -- the linkage across the pilot deck doesn't seem to be connected to flanger blades. Of course the plow is off as well.
Image source: [steamboatlibrary.marmot.org]
P.S. -- is the small cube mounted dead center on the pilot a toolbox? Or something else?
Thanks gents...
Were these considered a 'set' of sorts? It kinda makes sense they would be.
Here is the photo that got me thinking -- the linkage across the pilot deck doesn't seem to be connected to flanger blades. Of course the plow is off as well.
Image source: [steamboatlibrary.marmot.org]
P.S. -- is the small cube mounted dead center on the pilot a toolbox? Or something else?
Thanks gents...
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