Jock Ellis Cumming, GA US of A Georgia Association of Railroad Passengers
Truck chains -- so when the tender derails the trucks and the body might not part ways too far and tear out brake rigging, stoker or booster piping (if so equipped), etc. Diesel-electric locomotives are so equipped for the same reason (and to avoid, one hopes, ripping out the traction motor leads and tearing up the traction-motor blower ducts). Of course in a violent wreck the truck chains part like so much taffy, but at least in a small derailment they have a good chance of functioning as intended.
Caboose interiors. Railroads varied in their preferred color, and changed from one color to another at different times. Typical color choices were bathroom green, battleship gray, and institutional tan -- the same colors used in diesel-electric locomotive cabs. Not very appealing.
S. Hadid
jockellis wrote:G'day, Y'all,Why did the tenders behind steam locomotives have chains which were linked to the trucks underneath the car?Also, what colors did railroads paint the interior of cabooses?
Many steamers also had chains on the pilot trucks for the same reasons as 1435mm mentioned.
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ps - they work!
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