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Re: Container grabber
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lugnet.books, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains
Date: 
Sun, 30 Jan 2000 16:05:41 GMT
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On Wed, 19 Jan 2000 04:02:08 GMT, Allan J Smith uttered the following
profundities...
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


For those with the tractor wheel links, the inside "tubes" of
1x4 plates fit into the holes on the links....
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  Re: Container grabber
 
(...) But not very well. They have a tendency to pop out again. At least that's been my experience. Anyone have any clues as to how to get them to stay? (25 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.books, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)

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  Container grabber
 
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 (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.books, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)

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