Electroliner 1935How have John Augustus Roebling's suspension bridges (Cincinnati Suspension Bridge, 1867; and the Brooklyn Bridge, 1883) lastd so long with no rusting issues? I believe his cables as I understand them are sealed in tar and wrapped with a painted cloth. No rust.
In the 19th Century 'Engineers' did not have finite knowledge of the materials they were using to build their creations - the basically adhered to the adage - If a little gets the job done for now, a lot more will keep doing the job for a lot longer. Engineers of that age wanted their creations to last 'forever'.
Mid 20th Century and later engineers now have strength specifications on virtually every material they use for their creations - they also know, in most cases, they are designing for a 50 year life span - not a 'forever' life. As such they design accordingly. These engineers are more cost concious than they are longevity concious.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
Sometimes "improved" material did not give better longevity. If I remember Steinman's biography correctly, he mentioned a great use of hardened steel wire in the wire rope and cabling used in suspension-bridge construction in the post-WWI period. This came to grief in much the same way nickel boiler steels did.
The bridge cables in Quebec are more victims of neglect than "postwar technology" design. Part of the fun is watching the shucking and jiving at upper levels about who reported this issue and when, with a certain 'wait and see' attitude entirely objectively unjustified.
It's almost to the point they can't pull cables for replacement without risking an accelerated load shedding leading to span collapse.
Perhaps that spot is haunted.
Could Be!
Another Incident.
Thank You.
NDGAnother Incident.
There's less than 15 seconds from the time the gate finishes dropping to the time the train is on the crossing. That seems short for passenger service where the train is moving as fast as pictured.
She decides to go across, then evidently sees the train coming and stops ASAP; whether she tried to engage reverse 'in time' I can't tell. But this looks suspiciously like a case where someone expected the gates to be down a longer time before the actual train arrived... oops.
Overmod NDG Another Incident. I have a somewhat different take on this -- woman driver jokes aside. There's less than 15 seconds from the time the gate finishes dropping to the time the train is on the crossing. That seems short for passenger service where the train is moving as fast as pictured. She decides to go across, then evidently sees the train coming and stops ASAP; whether she tried to engage reverse 'in time' I can't tell. But this looks suspiciously like a case where someone expected the gates to be down a longer time before the actual train arrived... oops.
NDG Another Incident.
I have a somewhat different take on this -- woman driver jokes aside.
Gates are DOWN - wait for the train to pass and for the gates to go UP.
What a original concept!
In any event - once you get on the tracks - KEEP MOVING
She had plenty of warning, and chose to ignore it. That award that shall not be mentioned here comes to mind.
We're required to start our whistle/horn 20 seconds or a quarter mile from the crossing. Crossing protection is configured to meet that requirement at track speed.
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
Now we only need the Montrealer, the Winnipeger and the Atlantic to complete the set!
Greetings from Alberta
-an Articulate Malcontent
CP 4055 ALSO Received a STW Crest after it derailed destroying Station Greenwood.B C.
FYI. The short stack ahead of Bell on CP 8166 is Exhaust Stack
for oil-fired Watchman Heater which keeps Diesel warm when
shut down in Cold Weather.
NDG CN 9344, CP Ogden Shops 1967. In 1967 CP 4054 hit a Rock on Nelson Sub, demolishing former. http://cranbrookhistory.com/image_view.php?ID=33225 http://cranbrookhistory.com/image_view.php?ID=33224 ...
The rock was the hard place.
BaltACD NDG CN 9344, CP Ogden Shops 1967. In 1967 CP 4054 hit a Rock on Nelson Sub, demolishing former. http://cranbrookhistory.com/image_view.php?ID=33225 http://cranbrookhistory.com/image_view.php?ID=33224 ...
That would be Rock with a capital R...
NDG When extra Locomotive Braking is required when moving heavy cuts as in Yards, a 'Dead' locomotive can be used for it's air braking ability alone.
CN still does this, the SD40s and other six axle units that have been 'demoted' to yard and hump service are not set up to supply power to slugs, but at Mac and Symington they are commonly paired with slugs.
https://www.traingeek.ca/wp/a-visit-to-the-hump/
#1: I sure wouldn't want the be riding whatever shove move bowed the end platform and whacked those steps in like that! Hard to believe that was legal, even for proprietary mine railroads.
#2. It is a sad day when the only communication device the young victim has is a coin telephone. Even if he could vocalize 'reverse the charges' I don't see how he gets the coins in there in the first place. And the gritted look on his face may be trying to hear while the microphone on the handset is pressed to his ear with the speaker up in the air...
Overmod... #2. It is a sad day when the only communication device the young victim has is a coin telephone. Even if he could vocalize 'reverse the charges' I don't see how he gets the coins in there in the first place.
#2. It is a sad day when the only communication device the young victim has is a coin telephone. Even if he could vocalize 'reverse the charges' I don't see how he gets the coins in there in the first place.
Since he can't individually handle the hand set of the phone - the caregiver that is holding the phone would also be the one to handle the change and the dialing action. One could only hope that the caregiver would be in earshot of the ringing from a incoming call.
2nd picture:
Is she holding the phone backward? The cord is usually attached to the mouthpiece end of the handset which seems to be against his ear.
Brings back memories of the sad scenes on TV back in the fifties of rows of kids in iron lungs.
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"A stranger's just a friend you ain't met yet." --- Dave Gardner
Correct.
The Telephone Receiver is being held Reversed.
Darkened Wards with rows of Iron Lungs were a chilling sight in Hospitals back in our day.
I would suspect that the shot was posed and no one put two and two together. Or they didn't want the cord to block his face.
In the series "Emergency" there is a shot in which Captain Stanley is famously talking at the back of the radio mic. I think it was a "stock shot," so it showed up in several episodes.
Aha! I've been looking at that first picture for three days, and all I could come up with was that that car has endured a mighty rough life, and that I felt very nervous for the safety of that brakeman, but I couldn't find anything wrong. Then it hit me. The knuckle on the coupler seems to be on the wrong side. The clincher was the brakeman's shirt. Unless he's wearing a woman's blouse, the buttons are on the wrong side. The picture was printed backwards.
Edit: I just realized that the brakeman is wearing overalls, but the convention for buttons should still apply.
Alberta Prairie did the same thing with the tank car they used as an auxiliary tender for their ex-Frisco and Mississippian 2-8-0. The tank car is now used as a stationary storage tank at the south end of their run (Big Valley, AB) and the headlight is back in its original location on 41's tender.
http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/tourist/alberta_prairie.htm
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