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Kelly Anderson

March 19, 2018 09:48AM

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Marowicz Wrote:
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> But the
> photo shows about 9-12" of daylight between it and
> the rail. Was that about the norm?
>
> Mark K
> Durango CO

Look again, the rail ends about 3' in front of the lead truck, and the plow is hanging out in space. ICC now FRA regs call for 3" to 6" above the rail, something I wonder about when looking at current photos of some locomotives on the narrow gauge which look to be closer to 0" to3".

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Question about K27 #460	graffen	March 17, 2018 03:29PM
Re: Question about K27 #460	Chris Walker	March 17, 2018 04:08PM
Re: Question about K27 #460	graffen	March 17, 2018 07:14PM
Re: Question about K27 #460	Jerry474	March 21, 2018 08:37AM
Re: Question about K27 #460	george pearce	March 21, 2018 10:08AM
Re: Question about K27 #460	Jim McKee	March 17, 2018 06:51PM
Re: Question about K27 #460	graffen	March 17, 2018 07:14PM
Re: Question about K27 #460	Marowicz	March 19, 2018 07:59AM
Re: Question about K27 #460	Kelly Anderson	March 19, 2018 09:48AM
Re: Question about K27 #460	Bill Pratt	March 18, 2018 08:00PM
Re: Question about K27 #460ony Truck Wheels	Chris Walker	March 18, 2018 09:02PM
Re: Question about K27 #460ony Truck Wheels	Bill Pratt	March 18, 2018 09:09PM
Re: Question about K27 #460	graffen	March 17, 2018 07:15PM
Re: Question about K27 #460	graffen	March 20, 2018 04:52PM
Re: Question about K27 #460	graffen	March 21, 2018 02:28PM
Re: Question about K27 #460	Dave Peterson	March 18, 2018 11:46AM
Re: Question about K27 #460	graffen	March 20, 2018 01:36PM
Re: Question about K27 #460	Jim McKee	March 18, 2018 01:59PM
Re: Question about K27 #460	Volvoguy87	March 19, 2018 08:45AM
Re: Question about K27 #460	Jim McKee	March 20, 2018 11:48AM
Re: Question about K27 #460	Jimr260	March 20, 2018 12:49PM
Re: Question about K27 #460	Earl	March 20, 2018 01:50PM
Re: Question about K27 #460	drgwk37	March 21, 2018 07:35AM
Re: Question about K27 #460	Dave Peterson	March 21, 2018 08:42AM
Re: Question about K27 #460	Marowicz	March 21, 2018 03:40PM
Re: Question about K27 #460	graffen	March 20, 2018 01:34PM
Re: Question about K27 #460	Chris Walker	March 20, 2018 02:51PM
Re: Question about K27 #460	Bill Scobie	March 21, 2018 05:55AM
Re: Question about K27 #460 - my contribution	Earl	March 21, 2018 02:06PM
Re: Question about K27 #460 - my contribution	graffen	March 21, 2018 02:27PM
Re: Question about K27 #460 - my contribution	Dave Peterson	March 21, 2018 03:25PM
Re: Question about K27 #460 - my contribution	graffen	March 21, 2018 03:41PM
Re: Question about K27 #460 - my contribution	Bill M.	March 21, 2018 04:36PM
Re: Question about K27 #460 - my contribution	graffen	March 21, 2018 04:41PM
Re: Question about K27 #460 - my contribution	TonyK375	March 25, 2018 12:46AM
Re: Question about K27 #460	Earl	March 21, 2018 08:00PM
K27 #460 finished!	graffen	March 25, 2018 01:46PM

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