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Ethan

February 05, 2023 10:34AM

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Earlier I had a thought about how a locomotive manufacturer (ex: Baldwin) would deliver locomotives to their new home. Obviously the answer is via a flatcar to their destination, but what if there was no standard gauge connection? Would they have used animals? Or dismantled it?

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How did builders deliver locomotives?	Ethan	February 05, 2023 10:34AM
Re: How did builders deliver locomotives?	Rader Sidetrack	February 05, 2023 11:21AM
Re: How did builders deliver locomotives?	Kelly Anderson	February 05, 2023 12:20PM
Re: How did builders deliver locomotives?	Ethan	February 05, 2023 12:40PM
Re: Locos delivered by wagon	tgbcvr	February 05, 2023 01:03PM
Re: how about a 500 mile wagon haul	Brian Norden	February 05, 2023 04:19PM
Re: how about a 500 mile wagon haul	rainbowroute	February 05, 2023 07:06PM
Re: how about a 500 mile wagon haul	Brian Norden	February 05, 2023 07:26PM
Re: how about a 500 mile wagon haul	rainbowroute	February 05, 2023 08:34PM
Re: How did builders deliver locomotives?	Julian Ross	February 05, 2023 04:31PM
Re: How did builders deliver locomotives?	Sharrod	February 07, 2023 09:08AM
Re: How did builders deliver locomotives?	guymonmd	February 05, 2023 08:32PM
Re: How did builders deliver locomotives?	James	February 06, 2023 09:26AM
Re: How did builders deliver locomotives?	bcp	February 06, 2023 09:30AM
Re: How did builders deliver locomotives?	bcp	February 05, 2023 01:07PM
Re: How did builders deliver locomotives?	jcpatten	February 05, 2023 04:51PM
Re: How did builders deliver locomotives?	rainbowroute	February 05, 2023 07:09PM
Re: How did builders deliver locomotives?	Brian Norden	February 05, 2023 07:34PM
Re: How did railroaders haul locomotives?	Johnson Barr	February 05, 2023 07:11PM
How did builders ship bank buildings?	Steve Forney	February 05, 2023 08:09PM
Re: How did builders deliver locomotives?	Fritz N. Kuenzel	February 06, 2023 08:42AM
Re: How did builders deliver locomotives?	bcp	February 06, 2023 09:22AM
Re: How did builders deliver locomotives?	Fritz N. Kuenzel	February 06, 2023 09:31AM
Re: How did builders deliver locomotives?	John K	February 06, 2023 11:04AM
Re: How did builders deliver locomotives?	Ted miles	February 09, 2023 08:35PM
Re: How did builders deliver locomotives?	nickgully	February 10, 2023 09:50AM
Re: How did builders deliver locomotives?	bcp	February 10, 2023 09:55AM
Re: How did builders deliver locomotives?	Dave Peterson	February 10, 2023 07:12PM
Re: How did builders deliver locomotives?	Dan Robirds	February 11, 2023 08:10PM
Re: How did builders deliver locomotives?	Kelly Anderson	February 13, 2023 10:40AM
Re: How did builders deliver locomotives?	bcp	February 13, 2023 10:52AM
Re: How did builders deliver locomotives?	Jim Grigsby	February 13, 2023 07:24PM
Re: How did builders deliver locomotives?	Brian Norden	February 13, 2023 02:13PM

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