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Re: Helpers behind cabooses
Author: WAF
Date: 12-19-2009 - 15:21
George Andrews Wrote:
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> Pretty much all steel cabeese were OK for helpers
> behind. Espee did restrict classes without roller
> bearings to local service in more recent times.
> Some railroads placed limits on how much tractive
> effort could be used behind a certain class of
> caboose. Others were over - designed for such use,
> such as the Lackawanna's Keyser Valley - built
> steel cupola cabeese featuring cast underframes
> reused from steam locomotive tenders !!! I believe
> Rio Grande ??? had cabeese outfitted with platform
> - mounted pin lifters for cutting helpers on the
> fly. Ah the good old days...
SP had rules about how many locomotives behind a cab as well as the State of California PUC. Basically, one SD45 or like engine or two Geeps
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> Pretty much all steel cabeese were OK for helpers
> behind. Espee did restrict classes without roller
> bearings to local service in more recent times.
> Some railroads placed limits on how much tractive
> effort could be used behind a certain class of
> caboose. Others were over - designed for such use,
> such as the Lackawanna's Keyser Valley - built
> steel cupola cabeese featuring cast underframes
> reused from steam locomotive tenders !!! I believe
> Rio Grande ??? had cabeese outfitted with platform
> - mounted pin lifters for cutting helpers on the
> fly. Ah the good old days...
SP had rules about how many locomotives behind a cab as well as the State of California PUC. Basically, one SD45 or like engine or two Geeps
