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On a bright and sunny morning, WCAG-1 #21970 hauling a tanker rake clears Atul home signal. March 2006.

Date: 2007-10-27
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Also the marshalling of an empty four-wheeler between two loaded bogie wagons is prohibited because it creates a difference in the heights of the wagons which can lead to parting and/or derailments.While this is not strictly applicable here,uniformity...

Also the marshalling of an empty four-wheeler between two loaded bogie wagons is prohibited because it creates a difference in the heights of the wagons which can lead to parting and/or derailments.While this is not strictly applicable here,uniformity of the height must still be maintained hence the filling of water.This also enables the water filled wagons to be used as guard wagons.

Posted by Khalid Kagzi on 2007 Oct 31 01:36:54 +0000

That's probably because the tanker take is empty!! so there's no probable need of a buffer BCNA/BCXC/BOXN wagon.

Posted by Kharad Zarir Variyava on 2007 Oct 28 08:24:50 +0000

Hmmm intresting to note that there is no BOXN or BCNA wagon behind the loco. Noramlly the line up is loco - BOXN/BCNA wagon - tanker rake - BOXN/BCNA wagon-Caboose!

Posted by Siddhartha Ganesh on 2007 Oct 27 14:36:21 +0000

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