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Subject: 
Container grabber
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lugnet.books, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains
Date: 
Wed, 19 Jan 2000 04:02:08 GMT
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While experimenting with the red container grabber as used in 4555
I noticed that the holes for the black rubber are the same size as
a stud. I have now modified one so that it has grab arms that can lift
and load my grey piggyback trailers onto the rail wagons.

I am in the process of building a large container terminal. A good
reference book put out by the publisher of Model Railroader magazine
is " The Model Railroader's Guide to Intermodal Equipment & Operation"
by Jeff Wilson (Kalmbach Books)

... Allan

--
My LEGO creations site "Allanton NZ" is at
http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/~allanj/



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  Re: Container grabber
 
(...) Hey thats a good Idea. Due to lack of room its hard to have a switch track to a ramp. So I'll have to try that comcept. Just have to build a stout crain to support the weight. Thanks J.W.Hummer www.geocities.com/spincity999 (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.books, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
  Re: Container grabber
 
On Wed, 19 Jan 2000 04:02:08 GMT, Allan J Smith uttered the following profundities... (...) For those with the tractor wheel links, the inside "tubes" of 1x4 plates fit into the holes on the links.... (25 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.books, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)

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