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Passenger Trains > article: how clever mechanics keep 50 yr old bart trains runningDate: 09/20/22 07:22 article: how clever mechanics keep 50 yr old bart trains running Author: goneon66 Date: 09/20/22 09:52 Re: article: how clever mechanics keep 50 yr old bart trains runn Author: PasadenaSub Interesting article, with a few places getting the old cars after retirement - it would be nice if a railroad museum could get one.
Of course - the 5'-6" gauge might be a problem for most museums. Perhaps Oracle Park could work one into their outfield display. Rich Date: 09/20/22 10:44 Re: article: how clever mechanics keep 50 yr old bart trains runn Author: joemvcnj Could they be retrucked at standard gauge ?
Date: 09/20/22 11:34 Re: article: how clever mechanics keep 50 yr old bart trains runn Author: Westbound Seeing any government owned & operated entity make do with old equipment does my old tax paying heart good.
Date: 09/20/22 11:47 Re: article: how clever mechanics keep 50 yr old bart trains runn Author: DevalDragon BART does offer old cars for donation to qualified organizations.
So if there is a museum that wants one and has the means to feed and care for it, that can happen. Date: 09/20/22 15:09 Re: article: how clever mechanics keep 50 yr old bart trains runn Author: wpdude Oracle park could put one in the outfield, like Minutemaid steam engine in Houston. Then every time the Giants hit a home run it could go back and forth making that horrible high pitch screeching sound :-)
Date: 09/20/22 15:23 Re: article: how clever mechanics keep 50 yr old bart trains runn Author: TAW No mention of MacGyver? Sounds like they need him.
TAW Date: 09/20/22 16:15 Re: article: how clever mechanics keep 50 yr old bart trains runn Author: schaffner The Western Railway Museum is getting some cars and will be building a new rapid transit history center. They will be on static display. Besides the track gauge, there's also the issue with the BART cars using third rail and WRM only having overhead wire also BART uses 1000 VDC and WRM has 600 VDC.
Date: 09/20/22 16:28 Re: article: how clever mechanics keep 50 yr old bart trains runn Author: quentin956 Paywall. Would like to read article. Suggestions?
Date: 09/20/22 17:52 Re: article: how clever mechanics keep 50 yr old bart trains runn Author: rattenne Great article. Railfan & Railroad magazine had a good article on the early years of BART.
Date: 09/20/22 17:57 Re: article: how clever mechanics keep 50 yr old bart trains runn Author: TAW quentin956 Wrote:
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Date: 09/20/22 20:51 Re: article: how clever mechanics keep 50 yr old bart trains runn Author: wzd The article also ran in the East Bay Times and the San Jose Mercury News..
Date: 09/22/22 19:03 Re: article: how clever mechanics keep 50 yr old bart trains runn Author: JAmtrak Any1 who wants the article in pdf, lemme no your email and I send to you. I saved it to pdf.I cant post this to TO invalid file error.
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