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Chris Walker

February 21, 2020 06:15PM

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Jimr,

there are two bogie flats, they appear in only one other shot of the train, two other photos show both K^B locos together, so there could have been a lighter bridge West of Springfield or just maybe the Traffic Manager decided to use that excursion to move the flats up the line. As for the U^S flats, those are all steel, weighing in at around 14 Tonnes tare(from memory), so might be a little hard lifting them out while pulling the train behind as well.

If there is interest I could post film of these K^B's in action over this line.

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Atmospheric, Eye Catching, Number 5.	Chris Walker	February 21, 2020 03:02PM
Re: Atmospheric, Eye Catching, Number 5.	Jimr260	February 21, 2020 04:43PM
Re: Atmospheric, Eye Catching, Number 5.	Chris Walker	February 21, 2020 06:15PM
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