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Equipment Roster

Locomotives:

Cannonball Little Gasser

Power: 3.5 horse Brigs & Straton engine

Weight: 215 Pounds, Length: 37 inches, Width: 15 inches, Height: 18 inches

Notes: It can pull 1,500 pounds up a 1 1/2 % grade from a standing start.ERgasser.jpg (20354 bytes)

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Home Built Electric Motor Car

Power: 2, 24 volt electric traction motors

Weight: without Driver 325 Pounds, Length: 45 inches, Width: 20 inches, Height: 27 inches

Notes: B-B Wheel arrangement with one axle powered on each truck. Uses Cannonball Jolly Trolley trucks
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Freight Cars:

2 Five Foot cars:
Cannonball Wood Floor Flat Car 500 Pound Capacity, ERflatcar.jpg (21077 bytes)

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Cannonball Steel Gondola 400 Pound CapacityERhopper.jpg (17862 bytes)

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2 Three Foot cars: Home built "bobber" cars 200 Pound Capacity.
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1 Four Foot wood caboose 100 Pound capacity.ERcaboose.jpg (20161 bytes)

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Track:

400 Foot Main line

Track was made in 10 foot sections with 35 Green treated two by two ties per section. There are 1400 ties on the railroad

and 5600 Track screws (Spikes)

We used Cannonball rail and track hardware.

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Last Updated on May 24, 1999 by Phil Zagone
Url: http://www.compufort.com/users/pjjshortline/
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