TAN; Re: Cow and calf

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I stand corrected!  (I certainly have my foamer moments, sad to say.)

peter

On Apr 11, 2006, at 8:38 PM, nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote:

How does SP lash them up, pete?  Do they use rope, baling wire or  
duct tape?

N&W and every other railroad I ever heard of never "lashed them up".   
They coupled them up (MUed) them into combinations that were termed  
"consists".

In 43 years I never heard a railroader use the term "lashup".   I've  
heard plenty of foamers use the term, though, and it always affects  
me like scraping fingernails across a blackboard . . .

Ed King
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Not so odd, perhaps.  For example, the SP had a batch of SW1500s with  
road trucks which I've seen occasionally in road freight lash-ups.   
At one time, all SP Diesels were being built with the same gear ratios.

pete groom

On Apr 10, 2006, at 7:12 PM, nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote:

. . .The UP at one point used SW1500 [I think] cow / calf sets as  
helpers on grades in CA.  Very strange choice.

. . .


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