Re: Chama oil loading rack
| December 01, 2016 09:06PM |
John Cole Wrote:
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> Thanks Rod, while there 'might' be a possibility
> that some of the oil pipes had elbows on them
> under the wooden platforms, we had nothing to go
> by when we put the pipes in a year before. Steve
> Meeks was in charge of putting in the long boards
> with the gangplanks, but we only had ONE tankcar
> spotted on the ladder end and had no idea where
> the pipes and gangplanks would be when the rack
> had 4 cars on the track. Now that we have cars
> spotted John Engs says the gangplanks don't line
> up with the domes. Looks like we got some
> 'fixing' to do.
John:
Before you start re-positioning the fill pipes and gangplanks please review the prototype photos with John Engs as the Gramps tank cars were not spotted all coupled together as you can see in these views from John West and from the Dorman collection....
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> Thanks Rod, while there 'might' be a possibility
> that some of the oil pipes had elbows on them
> under the wooden platforms, we had nothing to go
> by when we put the pipes in a year before. Steve
> Meeks was in charge of putting in the long boards
> with the gangplanks, but we only had ONE tankcar
> spotted on the ladder end and had no idea where
> the pipes and gangplanks would be when the rack
> had 4 cars on the track. Now that we have cars
> spotted John Engs says the gangplanks don't line
> up with the domes. Looks like we got some
> 'fixing' to do.
John:
Before you start re-positioning the fill pipes and gangplanks please review the prototype photos with John Engs as the Gramps tank cars were not spotted all coupled together as you can see in these views from John West and from the Dorman collection....
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