Re: "Coupler Cars" all "Idlers" now ...

dougvv Wrote:
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> What rail size is in Mt Union dual gauge yard?
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I don't know, but it wouldn't be too hard to find out. I have been considering a visit to Mount Union to check out what Larry Salone has been up to at that end of the EBT, as I have relatives in central Pennsylvania (not too far away) who I was going to be seeing this summer anyway. There is supposed to be *some* 3-rail track still in place in Mount Union, but the question is how much.

That said, for a D&RGW dual-gauge idler to be useful on the EBT it would need at least one new coupler, since the EBT used 3/4 size couplers as opposed to the full-size couplers used by the Rio Grande.

But we're venturing into the land of weird counter-factual speculation here anyway...

-Philip Marshall