Re: (erielack) Tender behind

[Robert Stafford <erielack1_@_yahoo.com>]

- --- Todd Hollritt wrote:
 Any clues what caused that dent in Tender next to
 Erie Pacific 2723?  
  
Looks like the result of a shifted load. Have seen
similar dents in the ends of box cars where a load of
utility poles have shift en-route or while switching
and slide forward with great force. 
I do have trouble at work with freshly creosoted loads
of poles sliding forward. One way of fixing the
problem is to tie down a good hand brake and using a
loaded car in front of the engine hit the car and
watch the poles slide back into place. You hit the car
from the opposite end that the poles shift and the
impact just sort of slides the car under the pole
loads. It can me a bit amazing to watch at times.
Bob Stafford

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