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Metra train blocked by CN and Barrington is still NIMBY
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<p>[quote user="zugmann"]</p> <p> <blockquote> <div><img src="/TRCCS/Themes/trc/images/icon-quote.gif" /> <strong>Bucyrus:</strong></div> <div></div> <p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size:small;">I have heard the term, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dutch drop</span> to refer to a drop where the engine pushs the car up a small grade, and a drop is made simply by gravity rather than by getting the car rolling with the locomotive pulling and then uncoupling and pulling away from it. </span></span></p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p> </p> </blockquote> </p> <p> </p> <p>Those dutch guys sure were smart fellows..</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Maybe smart, but it takes all the fun out of a drop.</span></span></p>
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