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Originally Posted by Ringoosmeg
Blimey... 
we would be crusified if we lift a loco like that, using the draw bar (draft gear) is very taboo in the uk, if we lifted there it would break the locos back. |
Funny, that's what most of the people I know who work for the railroad say...
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Traction motors are not changed in the field, they go to a loco lift facility, or to a wheel drop.
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The crew was about 400 miles (about 650 km) from the nearest heavy repair facility. In the American southwest, a lot of work like this gets done in the field so that the equipment can be moved to the nearest repair facility. After all, many of the states around here are bigger than most European countries...
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I do have pics of rerailing ops, and will dig them out, but only old ones, cannot show any that are under investigation for obvious reasons.
Ringo
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Can't wait to see them...
Tom F