Re: Moving K class locos-over the highway
| February 25, 2009 09:44PM |
Could they be referring to other movements, like the locos shipped to Strasburg and back?
Photos of these NG steamers going dow the road on flatbeds has always puzzled me about weight restrictions and axle loading. Even as small as NG locos were (in comparison to typical late production standard gauge steamers), they still seem ponderously heavy. Maybe it is just that stark steel and iron staring back that makes them seem heavier than they are. When the GLRR packed off for Golden, the locomotives looked like toys on those trucks ! .... yet standing next to them, there is no question they would squash most anything they came to rest against.
Comparatively speaking, what does a bone dry K-36 weigh out at, and how many axles does it take to make it legal to haul it on the highway ? What is a max load per axle ?
Does anyone else just stare at early wreck photos and ponder the mind boggling task of pulling a locomotive out of a river or up a mountainside with block and tackle? Never mind getting it upright and back on rails !!!! No power equipment. Just shovels and jacks and a level of work most today are unfamiliar with. Those were some real men !
Photos of these NG steamers going dow the road on flatbeds has always puzzled me about weight restrictions and axle loading. Even as small as NG locos were (in comparison to typical late production standard gauge steamers), they still seem ponderously heavy. Maybe it is just that stark steel and iron staring back that makes them seem heavier than they are. When the GLRR packed off for Golden, the locomotives looked like toys on those trucks ! .... yet standing next to them, there is no question they would squash most anything they came to rest against.
Comparatively speaking, what does a bone dry K-36 weigh out at, and how many axles does it take to make it legal to haul it on the highway ? What is a max load per axle ?
Does anyone else just stare at early wreck photos and ponder the mind boggling task of pulling a locomotive out of a river or up a mountainside with block and tackle? Never mind getting it upright and back on rails !!!! No power equipment. Just shovels and jacks and a level of work most today are unfamiliar with. Those were some real men !
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