The magic of physics. Kinda like air conditioning railroad cars using steam.
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...
Thank You.
Rio Grande Wreck, Troublesome, 1956.
NDG, further to our conversation about power in the Canadian north, it appears that Yellowknife is supplied by local hydro dams and also has a large backup diesel plant. (link opens as a PDF)
https://registry.mvlwb.ca/Documents/MV2019L1-0001/MV2019L1-0001%20-%20NTPC%20-%20Jackfish-%20Operations%20Maintenance%20and%20Surveillance%20Manual%20-%20Feb26_21.pdf
In locomotive terms the Jackfish diesel plant contains four SD45s, two MK5000s, several NRE gensets (or perhaps a Siemens Charger if you bolted all the QSKs together a-la Detroit) and something British.
Greetings from Alberta
-an Articulate Malcontent
Why did I know I was going to be reading about something by GE before I clicked on that link?
Note the repair history. The report noted over 60% of the power assemblies had needed attention by 50% of the expected overhaul interval...
The Canadian TSB has released their report on a locomotive fire in the Kootenay region a couple years ago. As usual GE = Generally Exploded and Guaranteed Employment (for mechanics)........
https://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/rail/2021/r21v0144/r21v0144.html
Meanwhile the far north end of the Great Slave Lake Railway is about to go up in flames.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/hay-river-wildfire-update-nwt-august-26-2023-1.6948781
That scheme does adapt quite well to modern safety cab units.
Can Always Hope??
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NDGUSE ARROWS.
Note that shiny 8010 is now just as rare and interesting to see as the Climax...
EuclidThe crane has the general look of a manufactured caboose circa 1880.
Kitbash heaven - a couple of wood side cabeese and some Plastruct shapes and you're there...
NDG For The Modeller. CPR Crane ebay. https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/jccAAOSwZBZkzdDx/s-l1600.jpg Thank You.
Definately home built!
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
How things have changed, everywhere.
Thank You for the History and details.
NDG Steel Town. Youngstown, Ohio. 1944,. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pit3WjjdNfE Thank You.
During the period of 1967-70 I worked a number of locations on the B&O at Youngstown. Haselton and Ohio Jct. were permanent tower jobs and I also worked Temporary Train Order Stations at Haselton Yard crossover and Youngstown Depot crossover. 1967-70 -STEEL was still KING in Youngstown. At Haselton tower, the building backed up against a steel mill, a mill that was serviced by the ERIE. In front of the tower, in addition to the B&O's double main tracks there were tracks owned by the PRR, PLE and ERIE, with the ERIE main tracks being furthest from the tower. All the railroads had Statutory Stops clear of the sets of crossovers that the ERIE used to move Hot Bottle loads of steel from the mill to a Rolling Mill in Warren, about 11 or so miles West of Haselton. The ERIE crews did not ask any of the other carriers for 'permission' when they were ready they just started opening up switches and began making their crossover moves over all the other carriers.
Half a mile or so East of the tower at Haselton was Center Street - where all the carriers crossed each other at grade. Center Stree was staffed by a individual that had the title of Train Director. The Train Director would give hand signals for which company's trains were to move over the crossing next. Each carrier responded to different colored lights or flags. Center Street was not interlocked.
What Google Earth shows of the area today.
https://earth.google.com/web/search/salem,+oh/@41.08128909,-80.61865303,260.20389921a,1677.88037511d,35y,0.00000001h,27.97141705t,-0r/data=CigiJgokCfIfz3LgcDRAEe8fz3LgcDTAGU9Oxe4GhElAIU9Oxe4GhEnA
Perry BabinIt's amazing that, with all that's required to make coke (and the associated cost), that any steel is made in the US.
Making steel requires raw materials, ore, coke, limestone assorted other minerals for specific alloys - in quantities that defy simple discription. Boat loads and train loads - one after the other.
North America contains most everything that is necessary to make virtually any alloy of steel a customer desires - the product can be in plates, rolls, wire, coiled sheets - you name it you can get it.
In its later years, Bethlehem Steel at Sparrows Point was relying on imported iron ore from Venezuela which is likely one of the reasons Beth Steel ended up going bankrupt.
Perry Babin It's amazing that, with all that's required to make coke (and the associated cost), that any steel is made in the US.
It's amazing that, with all that's required to make coke (and the associated cost), that any steel is made in the US.
We have the ore...
As I write there, there are three ore boats on Lake Superior and two on Lake Michigan headed for the mills of NW Indiana. And there's one in port at Burns Harbor. There's also one on Lake St Clair headed for Toledo...
In later years the Trains ran on the Left track so Engineers could see
down the Centre.
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