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Dick Seelye

December 27, 2004 06:51PM

The combination of track irregularities and car geometry mandated couplers that allowed very generous vertical movement without riding out of one another. Some of us ancient rail buffs thoroughly enjoyed watching logging cars - from a distance. Worktrain crews would pick up the carnage.

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Re: Locomotive Coupler Question	Jim Adams	December 26, 2004 08:22PM
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Logging railroad couplers	Dick Seelye	December 27, 2004 06:51PM

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