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Coupler Capers in Mt. Union
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Brendan Barry
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Engineer
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Re: Coupler Capers in Mt. Union
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Reply #90 on:
December 21, 2017, 11:35:17 PM »
Some more pictures of the couplers and wheels being unloaded.
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Vincent "Lightning" LeRow
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Hostler
Posts: 202
Re: Coupler Capers in Mt. Union
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December 22, 2017, 01:17:27 PM »
The second shot of that flatcar looks eerily similar to pictures of scrapping operations in the 30s...
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A spike saved is a spike earned.
Wayne Laepple
Museum Member
Inspector
Posts: 1,388
Re: Coupler Capers in Mt. Union
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Reply #92 on:
December 22, 2017, 02:20:21 PM »
This was "reverse scrapping." Also known as "scrounging."
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Rick Rowlands
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Baggageman
Posts: 102
Re: Coupler Capers in Mt. Union
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December 22, 2017, 02:40:45 PM »
You know Wayne, after physically lugging those couplers around as much as I did, my back did not give any protestations the next day. Frankly I was amazed!
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Rick Rowlands
Chief Engineer
Jones & Laughlin Narrow Gauge Railway
Youngstown, OH
Paul Uhland
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Engineer
Posts: 626
Re: Coupler Capers in Mt. Union
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December 22, 2017, 04:28:23 PM »
Youz guys done reeeeeeal gud!
Nothing like having backup pieces/parts.
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Paul Uhland
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