You wrote: "Just ask any of the guys on this list what happened on the C&I when all the loads were toward the rear of train. Talk about slack action ! Leo Phillipp" Thanks for your response. Yes, I h
Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 14:14:39 -0800 (PST)
If a lot of loads were behind a lot of MT's and the train went into emergency there could be a jackknife! -- On Wed, 12/26/12, smokyjoe66 <js08ws62@sbcglobal.net> wrote: From: smokyjoe66 <js08ws62@sb
While the height would vary some with load weight and spring compression, there was a uniform height for the typical freight car, ie boxcars & reefers. More date exists for platforms which are built
Thanks Doug. I knew there had to be some stated tolerances somewhere. ~ john -- -- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CBQ/ <*> Your email set
Author: Richard Kistler <rckistler@windstream.net>
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2012 12:46:19 -0600
At times the use of refrigerator cars to ship other than frozen commodities was indeed a problem. In the summer of 1957 while employed as a clerk on the Wymore (NE) Division clerk's extra board, I wa
Richard sounds like the “floor racks” were not in the reefer, causing you to deal with the sill. Floor racks are found in reefers to allow circulation of the cold air underneath the load.
Author: Richard Kistler <rckistler@windstream.net>
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:28:33 -0600
On 12/28/2012 7:32 AM, Douglas Harding wrote: Richard sounds like the “floor racks” were not in the reefer, causing you to deal with the sill. Floor racks are found in reefers to allow ci