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Re: Cascades Mono Coupler Details Now Showing
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 7 Dec 2000 15:55:05 GMT
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"James Mathis" <thakius@nmt.edu> wrote in message
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=2060
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James, that is a beautiful train. Now some questions. :)
What is the Cascade? I've never heard of this train type before! I can't
tell, is it very new, or very old? I am guessing that it is runing out West,
from the pictures. I would like to know more about this train!
Iain
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| (...) One source about the Amtrak Cascade is Amtrak. Another is the Washington State Department of Transportation. Here are some links I've found: (URL) is a nice review of the Cascade written by a passenger in 1999: (URL) best photographs I've (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Cascades Mono Coupler Details Now Showing
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| To anyone interested in the details, I have now photographed the spring-loaded, close-coupled, shared mono-axle, coupler (wheh!) I use in my Amtrak Cascades model. The roof line on each adjacent passenger car is 26 studs long. This appears to max (...) (24 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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