Hauling Logs on NG Flat Cars - 3ft gauge & 2'6" gauge
| July 05, 2020 10:49PM |
493 looked great hauling logs on 3 foot gauge flat cars this spring. Hauling logs on 2 foot 6 inch gauge flat cars seems to work just about as well, showing what narrow gauge trains are capable of even in a diminutive size.
493 and log cars on the Highline
Here is a 2'6" gauge train on the Weisseritztalbahn (Weisseritz Valley RR) in Germany with 3 loads of logs on flat cars, powered by a IVK 0-4-4-0T and a
2-10-2T
(Photo by Joerg Lempe on a 1995 photo special)
493 and log cars on the Highline
Here is a 2'6" gauge train on the Weisseritztalbahn (Weisseritz Valley RR) in Germany with 3 loads of logs on flat cars, powered by a IVK 0-4-4-0T and a
2-10-2T
(Photo by Joerg Lempe on a 1995 photo special)
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Olaf Rasmussen | July 05, 2020 10:49PM |
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