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- From: romeo@niagara.Tymnet.COM (Michael Stimac)
- Newsgroups: rec.railroad
- Subject: Re: ? about engine sets
- Keywords: turntables
- Message-ID: <3235@tymix.Tymnet.COM>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 07:13:27 GMT
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- >In article <1k10miINNqc2@iraul1.ira.uka.de> S_KOEHLER@iravcl.ira.uka.de (|S| Tobias Koehler) writes:
- >
- > Are there still turning plates used in America for turning Diesel
- > locomotives?
- >
-
- Just a sidelight - perhaps the best-known and most-loved turntables
- in "America" are the tables for the San Francisco cable cars, used
- for the single-ended cars (have grip lever and brake controls one
- end only).
-
- We call them turntables here. I'm curious why they would be called
- "plates" on the other side of the pond? Are the pits planked over
- so they appear plate-shaped?
-
- Michael Stimac
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