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Nostalgia & History > PerspectiveDate: 06/07/15 14:47 Perspective Author: dlbowen RR trucks look rather small when carrying a box car but much different when a person is working on them.
1. 2. SJVR Exeter, CA 11-92. A truck from a contaminated dirt gondola is being repaired by 2 SJVR car men. Don Bowen Saint Helena, CA   Date: 06/07/15 15:23 Re: Perspective Author: Tominde Very nice. I like that.
Date: 06/07/15 15:45 Re: Perspective Author: RFandPFan Great shots, not often photographed side of railroading.
Date: 06/07/15 18:29 Re: Perspective Author: RuleG RFandPFan Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Great shots, not often photographed side of > railroading. I agree and they very well illustrate your point of "perspective." Date: 06/07/15 20:58 Re: Perspective Author: MartyBernard But it is surprizing how easily they roll. Stopping them is more fun!
Marty Bernard Date: 06/07/15 21:34 Re: Perspective Author: PHall MartyBernard Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > But it is surprizing how easily they roll. > Stopping them is more fun! > > Marty Bernard Just takes a little piece of wood to stop them! Date: 06/07/15 23:03 Re: Perspective Author: MartyBernard PHall Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Just takes a little piece of wood to stop them! That's no fun! Marty Date: 06/08/15 05:52 Re: Perspective Author: ddg Before transferring to engine service in '79, I was a carman, and did plenty of that kind of work. Amazing how fast a set of trucks can be removed from under a car, less than ten minutes. Remove the cotter key & knock out the pin for the brake rod, jack it up, and roll it out.
Date: 06/08/15 09:43 Re: Perspective Author: rantoul They trust their well being to a jack on a pile of stuff. Wonder how often a jack slips.
Date: 06/08/15 09:52 Re: Perspective Author: ddg In the shops and an the wheel trucks, they always had a supply of 4"x 4"x 3/4" pieces of plywood. The rule was, and still is, never jack metal to metal, also use wood in between. (NEVER TURN YOUR BACK IF THE CAR'S ON A JACK )
Posted from Android Date: 06/09/15 17:25 Re: Perspective Author: Kimball As far as trusting the jack with their well-being, it seems to me that the brake rodR + R work is done with the car on the truck, right? Then finish the lift, roll in, roll out, drop down. So when are they under it with only a jack holding it?
Date: 06/10/15 06:29 Re: Perspective Author: Gonut1 An Upper Merion and Plymouth gondola a long way from home!
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