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unusual truck s-Rio Grand vs Utah Mtns
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The trucks you're looking at have outside-hung brake beams (instead of the typical inside-hung). Thus the sideframes have extensions in order to give the brake beams a place to attach. Outside-hung brake beams are very uncommon; in fact, the only two instances I can recall ever seeing them was on the Carbon County Railway's hoppers (the last of which were scrapped circa 1988) and Kennecott Copper's ore gons, which were all in captive service. <br /> <br />I wasn't aware D&RGW had ever used these -- and I can't recall seeing another photo of them, either. Now I'll have to look for more photos.
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