Re: UP E units
Author: I know and you don't
Date: 08-25-2019 - 19:43
Having trouble handling truth, there Hutch?
If a truck side frame hit a crossing, would it not shear off the pedestal steps and bolts?
And how about the bottoms of the gear cases and traction motors?
Idiot.
HUTCH 7.62 Wrote:
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> Hot Water Wrote:
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> > Rasputin Wrote:
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> > > I believe the UP E's need new wheels due to
> > thin
> > > flanges.
> >
> > False news from the management at Cheyenne. If
> > anything, they have worn treads, which would
> > eventually lead to high flanges and thin wheel
> > rims.
> >
> > They have an odd size wheel which is not
> > > made anymore.
> >
> > Not quit true, if you know where to look.
> >
> > I seem to recall someone in a Museum
> > > was trying to put together an big enough
> order
> > for
> > > that sized wheel so a batch could be made.
> >
> > That was Ed Ellis, in order to re-wheel any
> number
> > of his E Units. The UP elected NOT to purchase
> any
> > of those 36" diameter wheels.
> >
> > I have
> > > not heard of any progress.
> > > Rasputin
> >
> > Maybe you haven't been listening in all the
> right
> > places.
>
> So tell us...... herr furor.
>
>
> Still think we pitch in and should send you to
> Russia for a vacation to go run steam engines.