Talk:Slug (railroad)
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As the article admits, the distinction between yard slug and road slug is poor. Some railroads used (or use) cabless slugs for road service. Examples of this predating CSX's use of cabbed road slugs include: Rock Island, during its late "The ROCK" period, using at least one ex-U25B slug, normally run between two U33Bs. SBD used some 4-axle slugs built new by GE and ran them with U36Bs, if I remember correctly. SpaceCaptain 17:26, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
And, of course, SP TEBUS: [1] Ex-U25B cabless road slugs/fuel tenders with dynamic brakes, used with GP40 and GP40-2 mothers. SpaceCaptain 17:34, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
- Let me try and resolve this a bit better. Mangoe 17:52, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
This article contains numerous errors and contains a weak understanding of the technical/mechanical aspects of slugs and how they work. For example:
This sentence literally makes no sense. Motive power is what produces tractive effort: high, low and in between.
