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PierreGILLARD		#1 Posted : 05 February 2013 00:44:36(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 09/11/2004(UTC) Posts: 2,346 Location: Longueuil, Quebec		Hello, Louise and I stayed in Panama for vacation last month and, of course, we have visited the canal and its locks. We were surprised to see special locomotives, or mules, used to tow and guide ships into the lock bassins. Eight mules are used for each ship transiting in the locks. Here are a couple of pictures : A former mule : Click on the pictures to see larger sizes. Click here to see all pictures taken at the Canal and here to see all the collection taken in Panama. Click here to read our comments (in French) about our visit at the Panama Canal on my "decouverte" blog. Enjoy ! Pierre.
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ozzman		#2 Posted : 05 February 2013 01:00:42(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 23/11/2007(UTC) Posts: 1,828 Location: Sydney, Australia		Do we think that M* would be interested in making a model of those? Apart from the mules, there is (or used to be) a Trans Panama railway with a daily passenger train that was pulled by GM F units.
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PierreGILLARD		#3 Posted : 05 February 2013 02:08:41(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 09/11/2004(UTC) Posts: 2,346 Location: Longueuil, Quebec		Originally Posted by: ozzman Do we think that M* would be interested in making a model of those? Apart from the mules, there is (or used to be) a Trans Panama railway with a daily passenger train that was pulled by GM F units. There is indeed a trans Panama railway ... and we took it ! Give me a couple of days to process the pictures. Pierre.
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ozzman		#4 Posted : 05 February 2013 02:48:10(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 23/11/2007(UTC) Posts: 1,828 Location: Sydney, Australia		Excellent!
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kc6uvm_George		#5 Posted : 05 February 2013 05:54:41(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 11/11/2012(UTC) Posts: 131 Location: Lancaster, CA		Had some good Liberty down that way at the Panama City. The US Navy base exchange even had a casino... Problem was I didn't speak much Spanish to get "anywhere" downtown.
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Purellum		#6 Posted : 05 February 2013 21:55:33(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 08/11/2005(UTC) Posts: 3,500 Location: Mullerup, 4200 Slagelse		Two postcards from the 1950's when my dad was a sailor: Do you by the way know what is special about this sentence: A man, a plan, a canal; Panama. ??????????? Per.
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hennabm		#7 Posted : 05 February 2013 21:59:11(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 22/09/2009(UTC) Posts: 2,041 Location: Edinburgh,		Hi Per Great photos. The sentence is a palindrome - ie it reads the same front to back as well as back to front. Mike
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hennabm		#8 Posted : 05 February 2013 22:01:17(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 22/09/2009(UTC) Posts: 2,041 Location: Edinburgh,		Hi Pierre Nice photos. How are the mules prevented from tipping in if the ship moves sideways within the lock? Mike
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dodger0325		#9 Posted : 06 February 2013 02:27:59(UTC) Retweet
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kc6uvm_George		#10 Posted : 06 February 2013 02:48:02(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 11/11/2012(UTC) Posts: 131 Location: Lancaster, CA		Quote: How are the mules prevented from tipping in if the ship moves sideways within the lock? To answer Mike's question: While on the canal and in the Lockes, the ship is under command of a Panama Canal Pilot. The mules are doing most of the work of keeping the ship steady and positioned in the Locke letting in/out steel cables as the ship rises or lowers with the water level. As the ship is in positioned, the Lockes are closed and water is either pumped in or out of the opposing Locke. The only thing holding down the mules is weight and gravity. The "third rail" is a cog assisting tractive effort. There is no guarantee that a mule will stay upright except for an educated guess there is an emergency cable release to keep the mule out of the drink. Thanks to the US Navy, I've been through the Panama Canal twice and the Suez once.
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foumaro		#11 Posted : 06 February 2013 08:17:07(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 08/12/2004(UTC) Posts: 4,420 Location: Attiki Athens Greece		Very interesting and useful topic.Thank you very much Pierre,i am sure you enjoyed your vacation.

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Mark5		#12 Posted : 06 February 2013 08:45:06(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 29/01/2012(UTC) Posts: 1,420 Location: Montreal, Canada		Great photos once again Pierre! Perhaps the most important daily concern to the engine driver is not tipping into the water ... but having that handy air conditioning unit on top running as optimal capacity. How warm was it when you were there Pierre? - Mark
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PierreGILLARD		#13 Posted : 06 February 2013 15:35:33(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 09/11/2004(UTC) Posts: 2,346 Location: Longueuil, Quebec		Originally Posted by: Mark5 Great photos once again Pierre! Perhaps the most important daily concern to the engine driver is not tipping into the water ... but having that handy air conditioning unit on top running as optimal capacity. How warm was it when you were there Pierre? - Mark Between 35°C and 43°C ! ... And -20°C a couple of days later at Montréal ! Pierre.
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PierreGILLARD		#14 Posted : 06 February 2013 15:37:54(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 09/11/2004(UTC) Posts: 2,346 Location: Longueuil, Quebec		Originally Posted by: foumaro Very interesting and useful topic.Thank you very much Pierre,i am sure you enjoyed your vacation. Definitively, but I would have appreciated to spend one more week there (we stayed for a week) to make further excursions. Thanks. Pierre.
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Western Pacific		#15 Posted : 06 February 2013 19:46:14(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 19/09/2009(UTC) Posts: 841 Location: Lidingö, Sweden		Originally Posted by: Purellum Two postcards from the 1950's when my dad was a sailor: Do you by the way know what is special about this sentence: A man, a plan, a canal; Panama. ??????????? Per. Per, Do you think the top picture shows M/S Kungsholm of the Swedish America Line? To me it looks like three crowns at the top of the bow of the ship. Another photo of M/S Kungsholm of 1953:

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Purellum		#16 Posted : 06 February 2013 20:46:31(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 08/11/2005(UTC) Posts: 3,500 Location: Mullerup, 4200 Slagelse		Hello Per. You are right about the ship being Kungsholm. I'm not at home right now, so I could not look at the postcard; but Google helped me: Look at picture no. 8: http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/Kungsholm_Europa.html Per.
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kbvrod		#17 Posted : 06 February 2013 21:29:09(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 23/08/2006(UTC) Posts: 2,597 Location: Beverly, MA		Hi all, The History Channel on it's show 'Modern Marvels' has an excellent video on the PC mules.Use to be on YouTube but was taken down over copyright issues. Dr D

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