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Hump 'Vehicle' in Barriger photos

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Hump 'Vehicle' in Barriger photos

  by NYC_Dave
 
NYC photos 380-402 were take at the Robert R. Young Yard in Elkhart, IN. In two of the photos there is a 'vehicle' parked near the top of the hump on a track marked 'Accelerator Track' on the yard schematic. Does anyone know the purpose of this vehicle and how it was used?
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Re: Hump 'Vehicle' in Barriger photos

  by Pat Fahey
 
Hi
I googled the New York Central Classmatic , the vehicle is a radio controlled hump vehicle , if a freight car stalls on the hump , the vehicle is used to push freight car over the hump . Pat.
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