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 Posted: Mon Oct 6th, 2014 04:05 am
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Dwayne
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 I ran through Soda Springs, Idaho last week and took a moment to get some photos of the Bus located in the city park.















Took a shot of the info plaque there showing a vintage pic of the Conda Mine (phosphate mining) located to the north of Soda Springs a few miles.



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 Posted: Mon Oct 6th, 2014 05:08 am
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 Posted: Sat Nov 29th, 2014 06:38 am
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 Hi Dwayne

Great bus photos !

That mine is one of the 'crazyest' operations I've seen.

Guess it's all about gravity.

All the best.

Cheers.

Si.



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 Posted: Sat Nov 29th, 2014 07:38 pm
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 Hey Dwayne,

Looking at the 5th picture down, I noticed that it looks like the from trucks don't swivel. Or do they? Can you shed any light on that?

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 Posted: Sat Nov 29th, 2014 09:49 pm
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 Bernd, they don't swivel. Spring hangers are rigidly mounted to the frame.

Last edited on Sat Nov 29th, 2014 09:51 pm by Dwayne



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 Thanks Dwayne. Wonder how they went around sharp curves? Going to have to try that out on a model to see if it work.

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 Posted: Wed Dec 10th, 2014 11:56 am
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 Found this short video of similarly designed units running somewhere in Florida in the 1920s.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m9hENL2jBRA&feature=youtu.be



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