Re: Chama oil loading rack
| December 03, 2016 10:17PM |
John:
Upon further review of the cropped Dorman photo; look at the gang planks location/ position on the two cars right behind the loading operator. The second car in the rear has the plank positioned so that it is not even close enough for the operator to use the filler pipe as a hand rail...and from experience you can confirm that it is not a good idea to be on top of these tanks
...having the tank cars coupled in two car sets is interesting as well... me thinks this is a slippery slope you have embarked on my friend....
Good thing for Gramps they didn't have OSHA back in the day....
Rod
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.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/03/2016 10:21PM by rod.
Upon further review of the cropped Dorman photo; look at the gang planks location/ position on the two cars right behind the loading operator. The second car in the rear has the plank positioned so that it is not even close enough for the operator to use the filler pipe as a hand rail...and from experience you can confirm that it is not a good idea to be on top of these tanks
...having the tank cars coupled in two car sets is interesting as well... me thinks this is a slippery slope you have embarked on my friend.... Good thing for Gramps they didn't have OSHA back in the day....Rod
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.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/03/2016 10:21PM by rod.
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