Re: SP Train with a Surprise...
Andy Wrote:
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> If researched further it might develop that that
> caboose is techniclly a "shoving platform" and if
> so it is suspossed to be assigned to jobs that
> have to make long reverse movements. Andy
Technically it was used on the Hill for MOW trains as a buffer car. There are no shoving platforms assigned in the Roseville area except for the ladder rungs on the last car of the train making the shove into the Roseville yard or industrial spurs in the area.
Ron
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