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Western Railroad Discussion > The Galloping Goose June 2005Date: 07/13/05 22:23 The Galloping Goose June 2005 Author: cajon Date: 07/13/05 22:24 Re: The Galloping Goose June 2005 Author: cajon Date: 07/13/05 22:25 Re: The Galloping Goose June 2005 Author: cajon Date: 07/13/05 22:25 Re: The Galloping Goose June 2005 Author: cajon Date: 07/13/05 22:26 Re: The Galloping Goose June 2005 Author: cajon Date: 07/13/05 22:27 Re: The Galloping Goose June 2005 Author: cajon Date: 07/13/05 22:28 Re: The Galloping Goose June 2005 Author: cajon Date: 07/13/05 22:29 Re: The Galloping Goose June 2005 Author: cajon Date: 07/14/05 05:42 Re: The Galloping Goose June 2005 Author: MTMEngineer Wow!
Thanks for posting. Date: 07/14/05 09:28 Re: The Galloping Goose June 2005 Author: WichitaJct What does that chain do on the set of wheels in middle, just behind the "bus" section?
Date: 07/14/05 10:49 Re: The Galloping Goose June 2005 Author: MTMEngineer WichitaJct Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > What does that chain do on the set of wheels in > middle, just behind the "bus" section? Just like the siderods on a steam engine, the chain drive distributes power from the main driven axle to another axle, so that wheel slippage is reduced. The Galloping Geese were built on automobile or light truck frames, (Pierce Arrow, I think) with the driveshaft driving one axle carrying the differential. Early Mack trucks had a similar drive system to connect the differential to the wheels, I believe this was to give greater ground clearance. Date: 07/14/05 12:19 Re: The Galloping Goose June 2005 Author: 2472Don Great pix...very interesting!
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