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You may get some good information here, but there is a specific narrow gauge forum.
https://ngdiscussion.net/phorum/list.php?1
Bruce
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Leading and trailing trucks support a lot of weight, not just act as guide wheels.
An example, after a quick search, from https://www.steamlocomotive.com/
Erie K4 4-6-2, locomotive only, not including tender
Union Pacific FEF-1 4-8-4, locomotive only, not including tender
Western...
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Low speed, and more weight on drivers.
If it had pilot wheels, it would no longer be an 0-6-6-0. :)
Bruce
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Looks like it was done as part of the I70 rebuild.
Bruce
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That's a JaveScript symbol...
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Links lead to this for login...
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No answer that I ever saw, but that is normal reporting. I only see causes after major accidents, sometimes months or years after.
Bruce
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Here's the modern way:
https://www.boschertusa.com/horizontal-bending/benders-for-railroads
https://rrtools.com/product/hydraulic-rail-bender/
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The old way, rail was often bent on site with screw jacks.
Bruce
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The vertical structures were on the roadside first.
Then it was rebuilt with the vertical structures in the median when the road was widened.
I have no idea why.
Bruce
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It could be a "map trap."
https://www.geographyrealm.com/map-traps-intentional-mapping-errors-combat-plagiarism/
Bruce
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I suspect the map draftsman, who was not knowledgeable about railroads, misread a diagram that said "SHOP." Just a little distortion or smudge on the "SH" could make it look like "BO."
Bruce
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Many seem very inactive.
Here is one that has many recent posts:
https://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewforum.php?f=8
Bruce
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Looks like an Americanized version of this.
https://www.sidestreet.info/locos/loco74.html
A better place to ask would be a live steam forum, especially one for whatever gauge this is.
Bruce
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Lasers are used, not radar. Here's one system:
https://bance.com/lasergauging/
Bruce
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Probably no closer than that RR track off to the far left. :)
Isn't this bridge for an electrified commuter rail line? No box cars.
Bruce
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