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Re: Original wagon designs
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 8 Mar 1999 15:12:31 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <36E3BEC5.743B03BE@voyager.net>...
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> > http://www.gbrail.org.uk/pictures8.html
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> I wonder about how the last few coils are gotten out from under the
> covers, though (when the covers are retracted, there's still 1/3 of the
> car covered by them).
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> BTW many Thrall cars are built in the US. Thrall makes a lot of
> container specific stuff too.
Looking at the pictures, it appears that all three covers are slideable (sp)
. There are handles on both end covers.
George
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| (...) kind that are taken off with a crane. The challenge with these is that the covers get lost or mixed up. The covers usually have the RR company logo on them and tracking numbers as well. Occasionally, I have seen a gon with one cover on it (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains)
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