Re: How did railroaders haul locomotives?
| February 05, 2023 07:11PM |
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Ethan Wrote:
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> Earlier I had a thought about how a locomotive
> manufacturer (ex: Baldwin) would deliver {n.g.}
> 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?
An interesting question, Ethan -
In at least one case that I know of when a loco was needed on the other side of a pass before the track had been completed they dismantled the locomotive and used animals (and people – four of them rather attractive, IIRC) to move the pieces. The process was made a bit more difficult than absolutely necessary due to the fireman forgetting to lighten the tender by draining the water from it . . .
See [ngdiscussion.net] et seq for additional information.
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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/09/2023 08:39PM by Johnson Barr.
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> Earlier I had a thought about how a locomotive
> manufacturer (ex: Baldwin) would deliver {n.g.}
> 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?
An interesting question, Ethan -
In at least one case that I know of when a loco was needed on the other side of a pass before the track had been completed they dismantled the locomotive and used animals (and people – four of them rather attractive, IIRC) to move the pieces. The process was made a bit more difficult than absolutely necessary due to the fireman forgetting to lighten the tender by draining the water from it . . .
See [ngdiscussion.net] et seq for additional information.- Sincerely, Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
"Not All Who Have Cell-Phones Do Twitter *
"Not All Those Who Ponder Can Think . . . "
* Only TWITS Twitter!
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/09/2023 08:39PM by Johnson Barr.
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