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Owen Chapman

October 20, 2000 04:16AM

You are very correct in saying that SAR crews preferred there Garretts to face bunker first in mountainous tunnel areas, but to my knowledge it was not any official policy. The more recent classes of Garretts had connections for a tank car on ether end so it mad no difference. The Garretts were very rarely turned as wyes and turntables suitable were very few. I can only recall one such facility, at Bullawayo in Zimbabwe. As Garretts are tank engines with the advantages of tender locomotives (in essence) anything was possible.

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Garratt Picture,etc	Greg Scholl	October 19, 2000 03:06PM
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Backwards GMAMs	Owen Chapman	October 20, 2000 04:16AM
Re: Backwards GMAMs	Greg Scholl	October 20, 2000 06:30AM
Thanks, Greg	Art Gibson	October 20, 2000 07:18AM
Re: Thanks, Greg	Greg Scholl	October 20, 2000 09:25AM
Re: scanning slides	Steve Thompson	October 20, 2000 03:02PM
Re: More Backwards GMAMs	Owen Chapman	October 20, 2000 02:01PM
White ??????	Greg Scholl	October 20, 2000 02:29PM
Re: More Backwards Garretts	Owen Chapman	October 20, 2000 02:03PM

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