U-Haul wrote:So, road slugs can not operate on speedy freight trains since they cut out at around 30MPH.I believe those units in the 9xxx series are pictured above are in fact remote control platforms, not slugs. Their sole purpose is to be a remote-control reciever that an active locomotice can be MUed to.
These might be moot points, but here it goes. I read somewhere that the CSX road slugs have their fuel tank filled with cement. The newer CSX road slugs still have their prime movers, but the fluids have all been drained out and it is not connected to anything or SO I HEARD.
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Wondering if I'll see the Western Route double-tracking finished before I retire...
Photo: Melbourne W7 No. 1019 on Route 78, Bridge & Church Streets, Richmond, Victoria. 10/21/2010
Photo: Melbourne W7 No. 1019 on Route 78, Bridge & Church Streets, Richmond, Victoria. 10/21/2010
