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Re: Train poster
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 10 Feb 2004 20:10:38 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Chuck Kabesh wrote:
> > I have updated my train poster and virtual MOCs on my web page.
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> > http://www3.telus.net/chuck
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> Very pretty. I like the background choice too. Was that shot taken in the
> Frasier River gorge, then?
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> > While I was re-modeling the locomotive I included the wheel that I've noticed in
> > the nose of an actual SD in the switchyard near the Westminster Quay. My
> > question is: what is the purpose of the wheel?
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> Handbrake, I believe.
Snip
> Hope that helps. If I'm wrong, you'll know soon enough, a lot of experts hang
> out here.
Thanks for the info. My first guess would have been a brake but I certainly
wasn't going to guess out loud... not with all the experts here.
The background scene is a shot of Pryamid Mountain in Jasper National Park,
Alberta. If you noticed the cut-banks behind the trees, they are where the CN
mainline runs, about 2 kilometers west of the townsite, along the banks of the
Athabasca River. Waved at many an engineer from those cut-banks when I was but a
young Chuck.
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| (...) Frasier River gorge, then? (...) Handbrake, I believe. EVERYTHING (that might enter interchange service) has to have a handbrake, if I am not mistaken, even locomotives that normally are powered have that requirement. Why? Sometimes (...) (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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