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 Message 3035 
 Adam H. Kerman to Stephen Sprunk 
 Re: Passenger versus freight 
 13 Apr 15 23:40:20 
 
From: ahk@chinet.com

Stephen Sprunk  wrote:
>On 13-Apr-15 14:28, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>Stephen Sprunk  wrote:

>>>The steps are fixed, and none of the ones I've seen exhibit any
>>>signs of rust; the coloring makes them look anodized (virtually
>>>rust-proof), and there are plenty of alloys that don't rust
>>>anyway--such the the one used for the _bodies_ of those same cars.

>>I don't know what the dimensions are for how for something can hang
>>down from below the car above the platform.

>The BBD BiLevel is narrower than a Superliner, so even with the steps
>sticking out a few inches, there's no horizontal clearance issues on any
>tracks where a Superliner fits--and even the Superliner doesn't fill the
>full size allowed with Plate F (but it's bigger than Plate B/C/E), so
>you could probably add them to a Superliner as well.

The below floor level dimensions are all the same on all Plate sizes,
aren't they?

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