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Prototype "traction tires"

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Posted by BentnoseWillie on Tuesday, March 2, 2004 8:43 AM
Nope. A-A-B-A-A. There are retractable rail wheels behind the front axle (under the cab) and at the rear of the truck.

The rear axle isn't powered. In fact, in that photo it's also raised...
B-Dubya -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inside every GE is an Alco trying to get out...apparently, through the exhaust stack!
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 2, 2004 8:19 AM
So is this considered a 2-6-0 DIESEL? [:D]
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Posted by Eriediamond on Tuesday, March 2, 2004 7:22 AM
Wouldn't that be neat to model for a modern day MOW scene. Years ago, no, centuries ago I remember our local feed mill used a Farmall H tractor to pull boxcars to the loading dock. About a year ago, while unloading a load of steel at a northern suberb of Detroit I watched a large frontend loader shuttle hopper cars around a cement batch plant next to where I was unlaoding at. Thanks big boy.
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Prototype "traction tires"
Posted by Big_Boy_4005 on Monday, March 1, 2004 10:02 PM
Not exactly what you expected when you clicked on this topic, was it?



click on it to enlarge it.
I saw this today while out train watching. It is pulling gondolas full of ties. [:D]

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