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Roger Hogan

April 12, 2012 07:56AM

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Wayne Laepple Wrote:
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> The two times that I assisted in aligning a set of
> locomotive drivers to install the rods, we used a
> hydraulic jack on each side of the engine, jacking
> against a spoke on the driver, in effect slipping
> the individual pair of drivers. We repeated that
> process until we had everything lined up. It was
> actually fairly simple.

The C&TSRR crew made it look pretty easy. I still think in my mind it was difficult.

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Unloading Locomotive 463	Roger Hogan	April 11, 2012 07:29AM
Re: Unloading Locomotive 463	Stewart Rhine	April 11, 2012 08:04AM
Re: Unloading Locomotive 463	Roger Hogan	April 11, 2012 11:57AM
Re: Unloading Locomotive 463	michael	April 11, 2012 08:38AM
Re: Unloading Locomotive 463	Roger Hogan	April 11, 2012 12:18PM
Re: Unloading Locomotive 463	Steve Forney	April 11, 2012 08:44AM
Re: Unloading Locomotive 463	Roger Hogan	April 11, 2012 12:18PM
Re: Unloading Locomotive 463	Etrump	April 11, 2012 07:01PM
Re: Unloading Locomotive 463	Wayne Laepple	April 11, 2012 07:42PM
Re: Unloading Locomotive 463	Roger Hogan	April 12, 2012 07:56AM
Re: Unloading Locomotive 463	Roger Hogan	April 12, 2012 06:50AM
Re: Unloading Locomotive 463	John Cole	April 12, 2012 07:02AM
Re: Unloading Locomotive 463	Roger Hogan	April 12, 2012 07:56AM
Re: Unloading Locomotive 463	Samart	April 11, 2012 07:44PM

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