02-14-2013, 10:08 PM
Wayne was talking about history of trucks in another thread, how archbar were banned back from interchange services in the late 30s (if I'm not wrong).
Well, that's the kind of detail that is overlook by most people, but while reading an article on North Korea on CNN, I was surprised (and not so much to be honest) to see archbar trucks in service in 2012... in North Korea.
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Well, they have been "improved" with 3 springs on each side instead of two.
We all know how certain countries still run antiquated rolling stuff, but I certainly didn't expect 19th century technology to be still in service...
BTW, no political fight, thought or whatever offensive stuff about this heated area of the world. Only talking about railroading and unusual stuff. These kind of serious things have a place to be discussed, NOT here.
Matt
Well, that's the kind of detail that is overlook by most people, but while reading an article on North Korea on CNN, I was surprised (and not so much to be honest) to see archbar trucks in service in 2012... in North Korea.
Well, they have been "improved" with 3 springs on each side instead of two.
We all know how certain countries still run antiquated rolling stuff, but I certainly didn't expect 19th century technology to be still in service...BTW, no political fight, thought or whatever offensive stuff about this heated area of the world. Only talking about railroading and unusual stuff. These kind of serious things have a place to be discussed, NOT here.
Matt
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