Just a question on refueling the 765. I see in one of the videos that coal gondolas follow the train at the end. Good way to have fuel along but how is the coal unloaded from the gons to the tender. In my way of thinking it would take a clamshell on a crane to do that so the refueling spot would need crane on hand to do so. Too band an oil bunker can;t be hidden in the tender with a fake load of coal on top so all that would be needed to refuel would be an oil truck with pump to refuel.
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The coal gons go on an adjacent track. Then the backhoe in the last gon climbs up on the side sills of the car and loads the coal.
Easy.
Sweet video.
Thanks to all you guys that post videos of 765.
Larry
I like that center rail in the foreground
Originally Posted by OGR Webmaster:
The coal gons go on an adjacent track. Then the backhoe in the last gon climbs up on the side sills of the car and loads the coal.
Easy.
American ingenuity once more is employed to tackle a problem. "There are no problems that are impossible to overcome, they are mere obstacles to be dealt with."said by some great person who's name escape me at this time.