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Passenger Trains > Here's One For The Rivet CountersDate: 06/16/14 22:40 Here's One For The Rivet Counters Author: walstib Union Pacific's rivet-laden Mobile Laboratory Car, doing duty on the PTC test train, waits in Oxnard today as Surfliner 769 pulls into town.
The PTC test train has been working on the Coast north of Los Angeles for the past month. After 769 arrived, the PTC test train headed south to Van Nuys.  Date: 06/17/14 06:27 Re: Here's One For The Rivet Counters Author: 8notch Are those solar panels on the test car? If so what are they used for.
Date: 06/17/14 07:33 Re: Here's One For The Rivet Counters Author: Torisgod Yes, those are solar panels and they power all the gadgets inside in the "Mobile Laboratory".
Tor in Eugene Date: 06/17/14 18:03 Re: Here's One For The Rivet Counters Author: wpjones Not bad for an 86 year old car. I guess they liked rivets in 1928.
Steve Date: 06/17/14 18:12 Re: Here's One For The Rivet Counters Author: PHall wpjones Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Not bad for an 86 year old car. I guess they liked > rivets in 1928. > Steve Why yes they did. And the more the better! |