Re: RGS operations suggestion . . . 
| September 18, 2017 06:32PM |
Russo Loco Wrote:
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> Nice, Michael -
>
> That second photo, with the gon in front of seven
> or eight tank cars, would make an interesting
> "Phraud-O-Freight™ –
> except for the problem of getting the
> Phraud-O-Graphers in and out of the "rider gon"
> . . .
>
> - Roosso
If you used a drop bottom gon you could get everybody out quick and easy, reloading could be an issue, assuming riders survived the dis-embarkation to be able to re-board!
Wayne from Oz
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> Nice, Michael -
>
> That second photo, with the gon in front of seven
> or eight tank cars, would make an interesting
> "Phraud-O-Freight™ –
> except for the problem of getting the
> Phraud-O-Graphers in and out of the "rider gon"
> . . .
>
> - Roosso
If you used a drop bottom gon you could get everybody out quick and easy, reloading could be an issue, assuming riders survived the dis-embarkation to be able to re-board!
Wayne from Oz
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
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