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Re: Unreliable steam?
Author: FEF-3
Date: 06-22-2017 - 20:18

J Wrote:
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> John Sweetser Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > "J" wrote:
> >
> > >In 1929 the average train was 35.4 cars
> totaling
> > 804 loads.
> >
> > What does this mean?
>
>
> Those statistics are published in the Association
> Of Americsn Railroads' Fact Book. My point in
> mentioning this was that some of the features of
> operations in the past such as the lack of
> alignment control couplers made sense when trains
> were significantly lighter.

Still makes no sense, as that is only about 23 tons per car.
Even empty cars weighed more than that.

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  Re: Unreliable steam? J 06-22-2017 - 19:28
  Re: Unreliable steam? FEF-3 06-22-2017 - 20:18
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