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Jon Walden

December 14, 2012 10:34AM

Registered: 15 years ago
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Were these tanks equipped with baffles? Another reason for derailments could be sloshing of the gasoline causing the car to sway side to side or front to rear more than other cars, making it pretty unstable. Rough track would only worsen the situation.

-Jon

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Following the tanks (gas) CONX # 25 & # 38	rod	December 11, 2012 11:48PM
Re: Following the tanks (gas) CONX # 25 & # 38	Jeff Taylor	December 12, 2012 03:58AM
Re: Following the tanks (gas) CONX # 25 & # 38	rod	December 12, 2012 10:39PM
Re: Following the tanks (gas) CONX # 25 & # 38	Jeff Taylor	December 13, 2012 10:45PM
Re: Following the tanks (gas) CONX # 25 & # 38	davegrandt	December 14, 2012 09:32AM
Re: Following the tanks (gas) CONX # 25 & # 38	Jon Walden	December 14, 2012 10:34AM
Re: Following the tanks (gas) CONX # 25 & # 38	Jeff Taylor	December 14, 2012 04:28PM
Re: Following the tanks (gas) CONX # 25 & # 38	rod	December 14, 2012 11:21PM

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