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CharlieMcCandless

December 19, 2014 09:23AM

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Speaking of the barrel transfer, as I understand it narrow gauge cars were dumped one car at a time. Since narrow gauge did not have rotary couplers, they had to be uncoupled and recoupled after the dump. Is this correct?

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Rotary car dumper - Salida?	dougvv	December 18, 2014 06:25PM
Re: Rotary car dumper - Salida?	Greg Scholl	December 19, 2014 06:13AM
Re: Rotary car dumper - Salida?	CharlieMcCandless	December 19, 2014 09:23AM
Re: Rotary car dumper - Salida?	rod	December 19, 2014 10:19AM
Re: Rotary car dumper - Salida?	Greg Scholl	December 19, 2014 10:27AM
Re: Rotary car dumper - Salida?	Greg Scholl	December 19, 2014 08:58PM
Not a model - D F Barnhardt -	dougvv	December 19, 2014 10:26AM
Re: Not a model - D F Barnhardt -	Greg Scholl	December 19, 2014 12:22PM
Re: Rotary car dumper - Salida?	Chiloquinruss	December 19, 2014 10:13AM

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