Comments on: “Give’er a stretch” and that other famous line “it was like that when we got here”. A prime example of what happens on a industrial lumber loading track when a front end loader is used to switch rail cars. The cars needed to be repaired after this “by-pass” of drawbars, product was delayed and the mill was billed for the damages. https://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Wed, 15 Apr 2026 03:21:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: RonaldB http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=32100#comment-45074 RonaldB Sat, 27 Feb 2021 04:46:03 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/stretch.jpg#comment-45074 'by passed' drawbars can also lead to derailment if the failed coupling is pushed, especially on a curve. ‘by passed’ drawbars can also lead to derailment if the failed coupling is pushed, especially on a curve.

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