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Re: New Tank Car
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 19 Feb 2001 14:24:11 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, James Powell writes:
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> > Nice start, but lose the wagon plate if you can. US prototypes don't have
> > much other than a tank, maybe (but not always) a center spine, and some
> > mount points at the ends for the trucks. They end up looking quite flimsy.
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> _modern_ US prototypes (those more recent than DOT 103 10 000 gal tank cars)
> don't have a separate frame.
That's what I believe I said.
++Lar
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 | | Re: New Tank Car
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| (...) _modern_ US prototypes (those more recent than DOT 103 10 000 gal tank cars) don't have a separate frame. Older tank cars did have separate frames, and DOT 103's lasted until quite recently (and still do exist, just not in interchange (...) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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