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Jim Grigsby

May 23, 2017 11:27AM

Registered: 16 years ago
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The retired Sumpter Valley master mechanic told me that the "lay down" type seats were to prevent the trainmen from pitching through the forward windows in the event of violent slack action. It must not have been considered a major problem as most of the ones I have seen have been "set down" type.

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Cupola seats for Rio Grande (short) Class 2 Cabeese	drgw0579	May 21, 2017 07:27PM
Re: Cupola seats for Rio Grande (short) Class 2 Cabeese	drgw0579	May 21, 2017 07:29PM
Re: Cupola seats for Rio Grande (short) Class 2 Cabeese	drgw0579	May 21, 2017 07:34PM
Re: Cupola seats for Rio Grande (short) Class 2 Cabeese	drgw0579	May 21, 2017 07:42PM
Re: Cupola seats for Rio Grande (short) Class 2 Cabeese	drgw0579	May 21, 2017 07:53PM
Re: Cupola seats for Rio Grande (short) Class 2 Cabeese	jalbers	May 23, 2017 10:51AM
Re: Cupola seats for Rio Grande (short) Class 2 Cabeese	Jim Grigsby	May 23, 2017 11:27AM
Re: Cupola seats for Rio Grande (short) Class 2 Cabeese	davegrandt	May 23, 2017 12:01PM
Re: Cupola seats for Rio Grande (short) Class 2 Cabeese	rdamurphy	May 23, 2017 07:42PM
Re: Cupola seats for Rio Grande (short) Class 2 Cabeese	Rick Steele	May 24, 2017 11:51AM
Re: The Hazards of Cabeese, or "DON'T cut me some slack!"	Johnson Barr	May 26, 2017 05:55PM
Re: Cupola seats for Rio Grande (short) Class 2 Cabeese	Herb Kelsey	May 26, 2017 01:58PM

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