It is currently Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:30 am

All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 3 posts ] 
Author Message
 Post subject: Chesapeake and Ohio Hy-rail trucks
PostPosted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 6:46 pm 

Joined: Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:03 pm
Posts: 258
Location: SE, Mich.
Forgive me if this topic has been posted before, I did look and did not find anything. Im going to just get to the question; are there any surviving C&O Hy-rail trucks left with their hy-rail gear on? It doesnt matter if its restored or not. Thanks!

_________________
-Aaron Farmer
Manager, Mechanical
Steam Railroading Institute
Yield not to misfortunes, but advance all the more boldly against them.


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Chesapeake and Ohio Hy-rail trucks
PostPosted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 1:55 am 

Joined: Thu Nov 22, 2007 5:46 am
Posts: 2603
Location: S.F. Bay Area
big-bad-2666 wrote:
Forgive me if this topic has been posted before, I did look and did not find anything. Im going to just get to the question; are there any surviving C&O Hy-rail trucks left with their hy-rail gear on? It doesnt matter if its restored or not. Thanks!

The gear is expendable. Anything of that era will be Fairmont 0307, and it came in 2 flavors: with or without gears. The cosmetic differences are quite minimal. You want gears. Heck, you want EZ-Lift, even though that modification was post-C&O. EZ-Lift saves you hernias by converting the final heavy-lift motion from up to down.

The unobtanium is the highway wheels and the steering lock kit, and any peculiar decking that it might have had over the gear.


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Chesapeake and Ohio Hy-rail trucks
PostPosted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 7:26 pm 

Joined: Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:03 pm
Posts: 258
Location: SE, Mich.
Okay, thanks for the info! Thats interesting!

_________________
-Aaron Farmer
Manager, Mechanical
Steam Railroading Institute
Yield not to misfortunes, but advance all the more boldly against them.


Offline
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 3 posts ] 

All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]


 Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Google [Bot], Overmod and 123 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to: