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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Aesthetically, I find the Russian freight cars rather appealing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I see quite a variety, including what appear to be outside-braced wood-sided boxcars similar to U.S. practice from pre-1950.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: black;">Also interesting are those variations of wagon-top boxcars with running boards offset to one side of the centerline.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Considering that the Russian railroads are 5-foot-gage compared to the U.S. 4’-8.5” gage, does this Russian rolling stock have a higher weight and carrying capacity than U.S. rolling stock?</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here is a look at the cars:</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhJ1aSxN2-Y&feature=related"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhJ1aSxN2-Y&feature=related</span></span></a></span></p>
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