OPRRMS Wrote:
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> Cal-P Wrote:
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> > How right you are,it is a heavyweight car
> noting
> > the riveted skin and elevated roof just above
> the
> > isle. And 3 axle trucks too!
> > This railfan is speculating at the mission that
> > this was built for?
> > I fond see any track geometry instrument near
> the
> > rails.
> > Looking at the roof between the solar panels
> maybe
> > air intakes.
> > Maybe air is sucked in and analyzed on
> instruments
> > aboard.
> > Or air is sucked into particle filtets and they
> > are later analyzed.
> > With all the cost saving goals at UP there must
> a
> > good reason to drag this
> > mobile lab around.
> > Cal-P
>
>
> The car has been used on PTC test train for
> several years.
>
> [
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Exactly. Has nothing to do with analyzing emissions
and never did have.