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Re: Hand-worked track trolleys

Subject: Re: Hand-worked track trolleys
From: "B." <gunzel412@dingoblue.gunzel.net.au>
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 20:19:38 +1100
Newsgroups: aus.rail
References: <39D97FED.11AD3B0E@werple.net.au> <mXgC5.17666$O7.235081@ozemail.com.au>
Xref: bclass.spectrum.com.au aus.rail:20445

Trevor Staats <staats@hotmail.com> wrote in message
mXgC5.17666$O7.235081@ozemail.com.au">news:mXgC5.17666$O7.235081@ozemail.com.au...

> As seen in the "Hard Yakka" advert some years ago...  Did
> the term "Casey" only apply to the motorised version?

AFAIK the 'real' Caseys were belt driven single cylinder machines.
In order to reverse the direction you stopped the engine and
restarted it in the opposite direction.  They generally have 2
speeds, Stop and Full Speed.

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References:
- Hand-worked track trolleys
  - From: Roderick Smith <rodsmith@werple.net.au>
- Re: Hand-worked track trolleys
  - From: "Trevor Staats" <staats@hotmail.com>

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