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Re: Chain on the trucks
Author: fkrock
Date: 11-08-2015 - 14:59

HUTCH 7.62 Wrote:
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> Always thought it was so that in a derailment the
> truck would not get lost in the snow when the
> train reversed direction and pulled away from the
> snow bank

You will find chains on trucks on interurban cars and on railroad locomotives that never went anywhere near snowbanks. Example: Sacramento Northern and Key System freight motors.

You will also find them on electric locomotives of Pennsylvania RR and New York Central. Many early diesel electric locomotives came from the factory with chains on trucks.

If you look at the photos and drawings in "The American Railroad Passenger Car" by John White you will see many trucks with chains to limit the amount they can swivel.

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Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  Chain on the trucks Don B 11-07-2015 - 18:24
  Re: Chain on the trucks - Rip Rock 11-07-2015 - 19:45
  Re: Chain on the trucks fkrock 11-08-2015 - 08:33
  Re: Chain on the trucks HUTCH 7.62 11-08-2015 - 10:19
  Re: Chain on the trucks fkrock 11-08-2015 - 14:59
  Re: Chain on the trucks theconductor 11-09-2015 - 13:49


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