Re: 491 at La Jara
| January 21, 2010 12:07AM |
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K-27 Afficianado Wrote:
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> I am a product of the 80's, [[b]Q1[/b]] so What would you call
> a young cantankerous smart-ass?
>
> [[b]Q2[/b]] What're those boxcars, exactly? Very rarely have I
> seen pictures of a K-37 hauling cars that were
> taller than it.
A1: You answered your own question! - "> a young cantankerous smart-ass"
( or "a cantankerous smart-ass young whipper-snapper".
)
A2: They are normal, standard-gauge cars of the era. There's an idler car just behind the engine with both narrow- and standard-gauge couplers that allowed engines of either gauge to pull cars of either gauge. IIRC, these ran on standard-gauge trucks.
- Russo
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> I am a product of the 80's, [[b]Q1[/b]] so What would you call
> a young cantankerous smart-ass?
>
> [[b]Q2[/b]] What're those boxcars, exactly? Very rarely have I
> seen pictures of a K-37 hauling cars that were
> taller than it.
A1: You answered your own question! - "> a young cantankerous smart-ass
" ( or "a cantankerous smart-ass young whipper-snapper".
)A2: They are normal, standard-gauge cars of the era. There's an idler car just behind the engine with both narrow- and standard-gauge couplers that allowed engines of either gauge to pull cars of either gauge. IIRC, these ran on standard-gauge trucks.
- Russo
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