fkrock Wrote:
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> 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.

You'll also find them on just about every locomotive currently operating in the US.