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Re: Coal Car Question
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 20 Apr 2001 10:24:50 GMT
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I Southern Estonian the have a rotary, where they grap the car and turn it
upside down. I guess that will leave it very empty. Looks just likes Gods
hand turning a hopper like we would do.
Personally I am more into tipper cars
In lugnet.trains, Dave Schuler writes:
> This isn't really about LEGO, but it is about trains, so here goes:
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> On the trolley home from work tonight, we passed over a train with a long
> series of empty coal cars. Looking down into them, I noticed that they really
> were empty--almost no loose lumps of coal or gravel, despite the irregular
> shape of the container interior. How are these cars emptied? Does part of the
> car--or the whole car--tip to dump its contents?
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> Dave!
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| This isn't really about LEGO, but it is about trains, so here goes: On the trolley home from work tonight, we passed over a train with a long series of empty coal cars. Looking down into them, I noticed that they really were empty--almost no loose (...) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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