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Jeff Schumaker

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Re: Equipment Car 1015 - Official Work Thread
« Reply #90 on: June 05, 2017, 07:48:52 AM »



F R E D

Flatbed
Railcar
Equipment
Delivery

Ira,

That is excellent.

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Ira Schreiber

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Re: Equipment Car 1015 - Official Work Thread
« Reply #91 on: June 08, 2017, 03:32:03 PM »
Mike, do you have a "guesstimate" for the load capacity for FRED, a.k.a. 1015?

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Re: Equipment Car 1015 - Official Work Thread
« Reply #92 on: June 08, 2017, 08:23:20 PM »
10-12,000. Maybe a slight bit more. Our current equipment should be about as heavy as we should go. But, if we decide to go heavier, we can always make new spring hangars to fit the heavier springs. Or, if we omitted the sprongs all together, we could double the weight. The bearings, if I remember, are rated for 10,000 each.
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Re: Equipment Car 1015 - Official Work Thread
« Reply #93 on: June 09, 2017, 07:58:46 AM »
Has there been a test run of 1015 yet?

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