Re: Flanger Operation

Posted by Mike Trent on
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Flanger-015-tp19711p19853.html

Wow! Thanks, Chris. This is very helpful. First, I see no damage to the blade, it must have just been the angle of the photo.

The second thing of interest is that the body of Baggage and Mail Car #13 is listed at 8' wide. The reach of the blade appears to be 12" beyond the side of #13, which means the wings of the blade extend 10' before the upper outward curve. I've never seen these pictures, but somehow I must have determined the width of the blade correctly at 10'. There is a picture in the "Pictorial Supplement" which shows the rear of the flanger straight on, parked outside the Rotary shed at Como. I probably compared the known width of the body and the 3' gauge of the track to the width of the blades. But I'd like to have confirmed that from these photos, and it does, very clearly.

Thanks again for your dogged determination! And thanks to Ken Martin for his C&S Passenger Car Book. An excellent resource.