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Re: GGRM: The UP is cutting them no slack
Author: Hot Water
Date: 06-21-2019 - 18:01
Nudge Wrote:
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> You forgot mention DB. That is one of the reasons
> they put alignment bars at the drawbar and you
> could only MU 1 behind 3 units. You would have to
> have 3 more units before you could put another
> switcher in the train. Also, no switchers next to
> the train.
>
>
> Nudge
Except, all the younger folks in the current Mechanical Departments have totally forgotten about the use of coupler stops, installed in the coupler pocket, which limit the swing of the coupler on non-alignment control draft gear locomotives. EMD shipped many switchers with bolted-in coupler stops, which were then removed upon pre-service and acceptance of the switcher at the final destination. None on the class 1 railroads seem to have ever heard of "coupler stops" and thus will not allow them.
We are surrounded by idiots!
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> You forgot mention DB. That is one of the reasons
> they put alignment bars at the drawbar and you
> could only MU 1 behind 3 units. You would have to
> have 3 more units before you could put another
> switcher in the train. Also, no switchers next to
> the train.
>
>
> Nudge
Except, all the younger folks in the current Mechanical Departments have totally forgotten about the use of coupler stops, installed in the coupler pocket, which limit the swing of the coupler on non-alignment control draft gear locomotives. EMD shipped many switchers with bolted-in coupler stops, which were then removed upon pre-service and acceptance of the switcher at the final destination. None on the class 1 railroads seem to have ever heard of "coupler stops" and thus will not allow them.
We are surrounded by idiots!
