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 Posted - March 10 2009 : 6:56:01 PM
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would like one of these at my medical centre ken
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Posted - March 11 2009 : 12:54:09 PM
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Hey Ken:
See that ladder up to the door on the firemans side? I've actually climbed on that ladder with my neice Arianna.
It sit's outside the doors of the New York Medical College in Valhalla, NY. just as you say. My brother is a Professor there and parks about 100 feet from it! Small world hh!?
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Posted - March 11 2009 : 4:52:10 PM
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| sure is gareth,stumbled across this will trolling internet for info ken
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Posted - March 11 2009 : 8:26:22 PM
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why is it there?  It's neat
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Posted - March 11 2009 : 8:55:30 PM
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WHY ON EARTH NOT?!? Probably for the children to play with, or as some kind of memorial. If it is a toy, I wish they had one at MY local playground...
D.J. (Yeah, I'm "that kid"... Deal.)
http://railroadrandomness.blogspot.com/
Look; a new blog...
Yippee!
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Posted - March 11 2009 : 9:28:09 PM
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Not a toy guys, it's 1:1 scale! I've climbed on it. I asked my brother who teaches there and he didn't know... I'll poke around next visit...
-Gareth
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Posted - March 12 2009 : 02:08:55 AM
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quote:why is it there? It's neat
Originally posted by microbusss-March 11 2009: 8:26:22 PM
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Maybe it is a back-up generator for the Hospital.
Ray
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Posted - March 12 2009 : 07:52:36 AM
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| A GENERATOR WISH I WOULD OF THOUGHT OF THAT,GREAT IDEA.
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Posted - March 12 2009 : 09:50:46 AM
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Interesting thing about it is it's a fairly recently-used loco, not something that's been derelict for ages. It's actually an F9, which were relatively scarce enough. But this one was modernized with ditch lights and flat-facing marker lights (although the conversion quality was less "integrated" and more "afterthought"). Also note the unique horn mount. And the windshield wipers were removed...?
A Backup Generator is an awesome idea. Although still probably an expensive way to get one! I know that real railroads have done the same.
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Posted - March 12 2009 : 10:02:30 AM
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Hey great idea. I remember reading once that in Manila the Philipinnes, they once leased two Typhoon class Ballistic missiles from the Soviets (Uh missiles removed) to powere the cities power grid!
-Gareth
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Posted - March 12 2009 : 11:12:24 PM
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no wipers? maybe they used Rain-X!! also this be a good thing to model on a HO building 
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Posted - March 12 2009 : 11:29:21 PM
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| Cool locomotive-- "Rain X"-- in NC you can apply RAinX to windshield-but your wipers have to be on during riain as it is illegal to drive w/o wipers on whether you can see or not. They have wriiten many tickets in my area to individuals not running wipers and/or headlights during inclement weather--the state troopers have wriiten tickets to out of state drivers as when you enter into NC at stateline there are signs telling you if it's raining-wipers and lights must be on. SC and VA have same law also.
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Posted - March 12 2009 : 11:53:14 PM
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| that wiper law applies to ALL USA I meant Rain-X for the loco
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