Burl
Monterey, TN
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 | | 09/17/2008 1:10 PM |
| Found this on Flickr:
And I kept scratching my head, until I found this video:
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CCSII
Norman Oklahoma
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| | 09/17/2008 2:27 PM |
| Great photo.
No video at the moment.
And of course as soon as I post that the video appears. | | | |
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jimtyp
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Centennial, CO
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| | 09/17/2008 3:45 PM |
| Cool! Does it provide power or is it pulled by a cable? It's pushing some heavy cars up a pretty steep grade.
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CCSII
Norman Oklahoma
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| | 09/17/2008 5:08 PM |
| | On the front end (right side of picture) is a stout cable coming out from under the ... thingamajig. Looks like it is essentially a nearly flat elevator. | | | |
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toddalin
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| | 09/17/2008 5:48 PM |
| Looks like it would be used for a HUMP yard.  What exactly were you looking for on the 'net when you came across this diddy?  | | | |
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Torby
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North Chicago 'burbs.
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| | 09/18/2008 6:44 AM |
| | To see the video, hit your browser's refresh button. | |
 "If Christianity was something we were making up, of course we could make it easier. But it is not. We cannot compete, in simplicity with people who are inventing religions. How could we? We are dealing with Fact. Of course anyone can be simple if he has no facts to bother about."-- C. S. Lewis | |
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pfdx
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| | 09/21/2008 7:39 AM |
| They are called rabbits and were used to move car around some industries and car repair facilities. I wonder if they just reverse the process to get they back down?
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Steve Stockham
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| | 09/21/2008 8:44 AM |
| | Very cool! That's one I'd never seen before. | |
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Henson
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Northwest Arkansas
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| | 09/21/2008 9:52 AM |
| | Looks like something JJ would bring to Marty's to run behind Stan. | |
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