tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post4184898657851266675..comments2023-07-02T09:22:57.566-05:00Comments on Confessions of a Train Geek: The Clarenville Train Station and Display, NewfoundlandCanadian Train Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-73342997346526047862016-08-14T21:25:12.659-05:002016-08-14T21:25:12.659-05:00Thanks, Al! I appreciate the explanation and that ...Thanks, Al! I appreciate the explanation and that makes sense.Canadian Train Geekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-31244778356093238612016-08-14T16:27:27.207-05:002016-08-14T16:27:27.207-05:00What you are seeing is not skirting but part of th...What you are seeing is not skirting but part of the underframe which was specially designed for these narrow gauge versions of GM roadswitchers. Peter Cox provided this explanation in Canadian National Diesl Locomotives Vol. 2 produced by the CNRHA. See www.cnrha.ca. ( This was a similar concept to outside frames on some narrow gauge steam lonomotives therby reducing height and lowering the center of gravity. ). Al LillAlbreda55https://www.blogger.com/profile/13355863947081756986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-14830049573793140722016-08-10T18:18:48.966-05:002016-08-10T18:18:48.966-05:00The skirting might have something to do with the N...The skirting might have something to do with the Newfoundland Railway's tendency to cross paths with moose. The Newfoundland section of "Train Country" by Dudley Witney quotes a crewmember who compared the aftermath to hamburger; skirting probably cut down on the mess.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15496087594016666944noreply@blogger.com