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Jim Adams

December 18, 2000 09:45AM

If the "Dual Gauge" trucks date from the WW2 era
they would be like the ones we shipped to the RR Battallions during that time. The axle wheel seats
were machined so that wheels pressed on to meter gauge could be pressed a little farther on the axle to 36" gauge. This required dismantling the trucks and use of a wheel press which I understand the RR Battalions had as part of their equipment.
If my memory serves me right the brake beams were designed so that they also could be adapted to the new gauge. Brake beams I remember well because as a checker I had to make sure that there were equal numbers of left hand and right hand beams in the crates. Something that is not a problem in the brake arrangement of standard gauge cars.

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C&TS #19 Dual Guage	Clyde Putman	December 16, 2000 01:39PM
Re: C&TS #19 Dual Guage	Rick Steele	December 17, 2000 11:33AM
Re: C&TS #19 Dual Guage	Oil Czar(Jerry Huck SVRy)	December 17, 2000 12:00PM
Stored dual gauge units	John West	December 17, 2000 12:43PM
Re: Stored dual gauge units	G. W. Laepple	December 17, 2000 02:01PM
The problem is money	John West	December 17, 2000 03:35PM
Re: The problem is money	Earl the diesel jockey	December 17, 2000 07:40PM
Re: C&TS #19 Dual Guage	Earl Knoob	December 17, 2000 02:47PM
Re: C&TS #19 Dual Guage	John Hammond	December 17, 2000 03:26PM
What about Oahu Railway switchers?	Matthew Mattioda	December 17, 2000 06:44PM
Hey! The 19 is one of the Oahu Ry switchers.	Brian Norden	December 17, 2000 11:40PM
Oahu Ry switchers.	Matthew Mattioda	December 18, 2000 01:57AM
Re: Oahu Ry switchers.	Earl Knoob	December 18, 2000 07:04AM
Re: Oahu Ry switchers.	Fred T	December 18, 2000 08:07PM
Not your fault	El Coke	December 19, 2000 04:14PM
Re: Oahu Ry switchers.	Brian Norden	December 18, 2000 09:45PM
Re: C&TS #19 Dual Guage	G. W. Laepple	December 17, 2000 06:47PM
That might work	Brian Norden	December 17, 2000 11:53PM
Re: C&TS #19 Dual Guage	Jim Adams	December 18, 2000 09:45AM

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