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So there are 5280-odd FRA etc. rules on rolling stock: coupler strength, brakes, roller bearings, whatever....
There is also a Warehouse 13 full of specialized maintenance equipment used on, and moved via, said same rails. I'm thinking not just cranes, flangers, rotary snowplows..but also ballast tampers, and the {?Sperry} track alignment testers and such. But even wheel-equipped pickup trucks would be in the collection.
What rules [don't] apply to them in use? I'd assume many; I don't need a litany, just general affirmation.
NOW... what about transporting such items from X to W to Z? Some will be self-propelled, others hauled by an engine. Is there a FRA rule category that fits them, one giving wider latitude to such?
I ask because I was wondering how various transit systems [WMATA, BART, etc] dealt with their occasional need of such. I'd assumed they rented same; in the case of the bigger items, how else can they realistically move than on their own wheels?
There is also a Warehouse 13 full of specialized maintenance equipment used on, and moved via, said same rails. I'm thinking not just cranes, flangers, rotary snowplows..but also ballast tampers, and the {?Sperry} track alignment testers and such. But even wheel-equipped pickup trucks would be in the collection.
What rules [don't] apply to them in use? I'd assume many; I don't need a litany, just general affirmation.
NOW... what about transporting such items from X to W to Z? Some will be self-propelled, others hauled by an engine. Is there a FRA rule category that fits them, one giving wider latitude to such?
I ask because I was wondering how various transit systems [WMATA, BART, etc] dealt with their occasional need of such. I'd assumed they rented same; in the case of the bigger items, how else can they realistically move than on their own wheels?
