The primary aim was not to replace locomotives, but to provide patrolling
capacity on the railway line; it also allowed the use of the railway line
as a roadway (remember the state of the roads un the Russian winters for
instance).
The light weight of a Jeep or a k=FCbel would have made it completely
unsuitable for hauling railway stock ( Just imagine having to brake just
one waggon =3D a 30 tons load at even 30 mph with your jeep brakes ;-)
Cheers,
Ron the Frog, in Darkest Paraguay.
Silence is not always golden,
sometimes it is plain yellow.
-- http://personales.conexion.com.py/~rolgiati/ --=20
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