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Re: 1999 Train 4561
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 8 Dec 1998 06:32:44 GMT
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neonglass@#nospam#earthlink.net
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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> No one is arguing that a drop center doesn't make sense for a bi level.
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> It just doesn't make sense in a single level, at least not in American
> Practice. American single level cars have floors that are above the
> trucks, from one vestibule to the other. Only equipment goes below floor
> level.
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> There are rare exceptions, but none in long distance passenger service.
Larry,
I agree on the passenger cars. Aren't the freight cars used to haul
assembled automobiles drop center? I'll have to watch more closely
while I wait fro the freight to pass tomorrow morning to see.
Larry A
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| (...) Nope. Those could never circus load. The trucks have small wheels and there is clever engineering to get the floor as low as possible, but the floor is the same level from one bridge plate to the other. (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 1999 Train 4561
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| (...) No one is arguing that a drop center doesn't make sense for a bi level. It just doesn't make sense in a single level, at least not in American Practice. American single level cars have floors that are above the trucks, from one vestibule to (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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