Re: Chama oil loading rack
| December 01, 2016 08:13PM |
John Cole Wrote:
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> That tank car lineup represents ALOT of work of
> many crews over several years not to mention
> thousands of dollars spent to get them to this
> point. John Engs wants us to reposition some of
> the gangplanks on the oil platform to line up with
> the domes on the tankcars. Since we only had one
> to go by when we built them, now that the track is
> full of tankcars, it seems that some of the
> gangplanks are in the wrong place. Sometimes your
> work is never done....
Hold your nailgun there John. The gangplanks appear to be in the correct historical position as the Gramps loading operator would have to use the filling pipe as a handrail as he "walked" the plank to the dome. Your crew did it right per the prototype (see photos of then and now) .
Chama oil loading rack
Friends rebuild of Chama oil loading rack
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> That tank car lineup represents ALOT of work of
> many crews over several years not to mention
> thousands of dollars spent to get them to this
> point. John Engs wants us to reposition some of
> the gangplanks on the oil platform to line up with
> the domes on the tankcars. Since we only had one
> to go by when we built them, now that the track is
> full of tankcars, it seems that some of the
> gangplanks are in the wrong place. Sometimes your
> work is never done....
Hold your nailgun there John. The gangplanks appear to be in the correct historical position as the Gramps loading operator would have to use the filling pipe as a handrail as he "walked" the plank to the dome. Your crew did it right per the prototype (see photos of then and now) .
Chama oil loading rack
Friends rebuild of Chama oil loading rack
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