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<p>[quote user="dehusman"]</p> <p> </p> <div class="quote-header"> </div> <blockquote class="quote"> <div class="quote-content">Or if the curve is too tight, the cab roof can come into contact with the tender (N&W 611, 2015 after re-build when attempting to turn on a wye in NC, there is a photo in the Trains Magazine 611 special edition, I think).</div> </blockquote> <div class="quote-footer"> </div> <p> </p> <p><span style="float:none;background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;">I'm sure there are all sorts of wyes and yard tracks that have too tight of curves for a Big Boy. </span></p> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>Yep, also my reply was a discussion about the AFT, and the part I quoted from you was also talking about the 76' AFT. But I guess that wasnt clear in my reply. Also how did we get on the topic of the AFT when talking about the UP Big Boy?</p> <p>Clearance diagrams and curvature...thats how.. </p> <p> </p>
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