I wish they'd put a cover over the locomotive. I hate seeing locos on static display just left to rot in the elements instead of being given the care they deserve.
I’m fairly certain I know this particular train and it’s very well taken care of as a vital part of a playground. Kids play all over it, and I believe it’s covered in weather-resistant coating.
‘S a cool park.
Edit: here’s a link to the official park website; wanted to make sure I wasn’t telling tales
Corvallis’s Avery Park
That looks like a Janney type coupler, a semi automatic train coupler.
Exactly which of the types of Janney coupler it is I can't say.
The USSR/Russia uses a similar design called the SA3 coupler.
Tye SA3 coupler is in use by the Swedish iron company LKAB where they pull massive trains with among the world's most powerful locomotives, currently the Iore, but in the past the Dm3.
This has been your semi related train fact comment of the day.
Thank you, Urban Dictionary!
I've been doing that probably since before OP was born and never heard that phrasing for it
My God, they made new slang words
They must stop, okay? I'm getting older, I don't want to learn new English words anymore.
What the hell does "dapped up" mean?
Gave a cool handshake
A fist bump is a kind of dap, for example...
I wish they'd put a cover over the locomotive. I hate seeing locos on static display just left to rot in the elements instead of being given the care they deserve.
I’m fairly certain I know this particular train and it’s very well taken care of as a vital part of a playground. Kids play all over it, and I believe it’s covered in weather-resistant coating.
‘S a cool park.
Edit: here’s a link to the official park website; wanted to make sure I wasn’t telling tales Corvallis’s Avery Park
Well, I'm glad to hear it's taken care of! Wish more places cared as much.
That looks like a Janney type coupler, a semi automatic train coupler.
Exactly which of the types of Janney coupler it is I can't say.
The USSR/Russia uses a similar design called the SA3 coupler.
Tye SA3 coupler is in use by the Swedish iron company LKAB where they pull massive trains with among the world's most powerful locomotives, currently the Iore, but in the past the Dm3.
This has been your semi related train fact comment of the day.
A good write up on reddit https://old.reddit.com/r/trains/comments/uk8jfh/georgia_pacific_5_on_display_since_1960_in_avery/