Seems there's an idler flat behind the power--couple of reasons I can see:
1. Bridge cannot handle loads and loco on one span at a time, or 2. The car was an unneeded extra.
Otherworldly, unique shot!
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Very impressive shot Darryl!
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Very cool! Looks like a model scene.
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| Posted by on November 19, 2010 | |
Hi, yes there is a runner wagon - possibly for weight restriction reasons but also because it has a shunters safety refuge - somewhere safe to ride during switching/shunting moves. I believe in most cases standing on the headstock footboards beside the 'cowcatcher' of the locos and wagons is now banned for safety reasons.
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Great flash work, Daryl, and I love the ancient bridge.
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