Re: NNG - Pilots, Cow Catchers and Sweeper Bars . . .
| February 09, 2023 12:28PM |
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jim pallow Wrote:
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> . . . I have trouble getting used to the European
> engines such as in the photo because they have
> no pilot. It just doesn't seem right!
Olaf Rasmussen Wrote:
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> It is true that European engines don't have a cow
> catcher, instead they have a sweeper bar in front
> of the leading wheels that serve the same purp-
> ose. Those sweeper bars are clearly visible in
> the photo at Dresden.
Railroads outside of North America probably didn't need to sweep cows and bison off the tracks, Jim -
And the sweeper bars were likely adequate for hares and ferrets, etc.* But I can't help wondering —
How Many Cows Would A Cow Sweeper Sweep, If A Cow-Sweeper Did Sweep Cows?
- 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!
* OOOps, I almost forgot about Rheas in Argentina and Roos in Oz, and nothing short of a heavy snowplow is gonna sweep a Rhino or a Water Buffalo . . .
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> . . . I have trouble getting used to the European
> engines such as in the photo because they have
> no pilot. It just doesn't seem right!
Olaf Rasmussen Wrote:
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> It is true that European engines don't have a cow
> catcher, instead they have a sweeper bar in front
> of the leading wheels that serve the same purp-
> ose. Those sweeper bars are clearly visible in
> the photo at Dresden.
Railroads outside of North America probably didn't need to sweep cows and bison off the tracks, Jim -
And the sweeper bars were likely adequate for hares and ferrets, etc.* But I can't help wondering —
How Many Cows Would A Cow Sweeper Sweep, If A Cow-Sweeper Did Sweep Cows?
- 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!
* OOOps, I almost forgot about Rheas in Argentina and Roos in Oz, and nothing short of a heavy snowplow is gonna sweep a Rhino or a Water Buffalo . . .
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