Hey Ajsik, I think you've got it!! The name Wyalusing rings a big bell, and I am pretty sure I shot it while we were camped at a state park.
Thanks!
Still in training.
I'll second that location, although I've seen that bridge only from another vantage point (Pike's Peak in Iowa).
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Once I went to Wyalusing on Google satellite view, I knew Ajsik had nailed it. For sure.
Thanks, gentlemen.
In this photo, what is the piece of metal that is blocking the view of the lower part of the switchman's arm? (It looks like there may be a second such piece completely in shadow.)
Lithonia OperatorIn this photo, what is the piece of metal that is blocking the view of the lower part of the switchman's arm? (It looks like there may be a second such piece completely in shadow.)
Looks like it is the small platform someone stands on when setting the hand brake.
Thanks.
Lithonia Operator In this photo, what is the piece of metal that is blocking the view of the lower part of the switchman's arm? (It looks like there may be a second such piece completely in shadow.)
"Crossover platform"
If you look at the end view of basically any modern car (anything built after at least 1970 or so) you'll see a step that allows a trainman to safely climb and step over the couplers of the car.
It's at both ends, so while the trainman can put a foot on it to work the handbrake, it's also at the non-brake end so not just for setting brakes.
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I should have been more specific. I was referring to the RIGHT arm.
I see the crossover platform, but I'm not talking about that. Maybe what I'm seeing is part of his jacket, a sleeve patch?? But it looks too geometric for that.
That's the light shining across from the left. You can see the shadow of the bolts to the left of the vertical brakewheel shaft.
If in doubt look at the shadow pattern of the car at the left.
Top shelf of the coupler.
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Convicted One All very nice pictures, L.O.
All very nice pictures, L.O.
Thanks so much, CO! I had somehow missed your comment when you posted it.
This is embarrassing, since I took the photo and can't tell what I'm looking at. This is my last try. I've marked the area that confuses me.
Compare with unmarked pic.
The tank car on the left apparently has the different style couplers associated with tanks meant to prevent uncoupling during derailments(?). If you do a Google image search on tank car couplers, you'll find examples.
I think the light is playing tricks with the shadows in the picture with some shadows being lighter and/or darker than others.
From what I can see there are no shelf couplers on either car. The area you marked looks to be a ray of light that has been 'prismed' by some other aspect of the scene - an aspect that may not even be in the frame of the photo.
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I agree with Zug and Brian.
Here's some comparison photos of different coupler types:
https://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/14785
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Brian solved it. It's a shelf coupler like this.
I have never knowingly seen a coupler like that.
Thanks all!
Yeah, I guess Zug solved it first. But I didn't know what he was talking about.
There are both Top and Bottom shelf couplers as well as coupler that have both Top and Bottom shelves.
Odd that's called a "shelf." Seems like a "vertical extension" or something.
Lithonia Operator Odd that's called a "shelf." Seems like a "vertical extension" or something.
It's called a shelf because there is a horizontal portion of the coupler - the shelf - that's there to keep the couplers from separating if they are not aligned vertically.
The illustration shows both a top and bottom shelf.
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New puzzle.
This is along the Hudson. My notes (which are sometimes dubious) say Peekskill is in the background, but photos I've found of Peekskill don't show a building as impressive as the one we see beyond the engine.
I'm not sure if that building is on the east or west side of the river. I'm on the east side. There is an east-shore facing-south photo angle which would juxtapose a railroad causeway with Peekskill (which is also on the east side). But I cannot identify that building, or find anything that looks like it in Peekskill.
Any guesses?
Looks like this ..
Perhaps here? N 41 16' 59" W 73 56' 0"
rdamon Looks like this ..
That seems to be it. Do you know what we're looking at? I take it the view is slightly east of south?
It must be the Franciscan Sisters building (which Brian Hanel deduced was in a different shot of mine) in Peekskill. My notes say Peekskill bkgd, shot from Cortlandt; but from the map, it does not appear that the shooting vantage point I think it is, is in Cortlandt. It doesn't look like Cortlandt goes up that far north. On the map it's shown as south of Peekskill, but I guess it also wraps around to the north.
Heck, I'm going to go with my caption notes, and your input, and forget about it.
Thanks, guys.
Yep, it's a big building alright.
Peekskill - Google Maps
I'm not totally convinced it's the same building. I've looked for views of the Franciscan building from the water, and can't find a single one. And the pix I do find of that building, to my eye, is just not as big as the one in my photo. But ... they are probably one and the same.
Found this ..
Back in June, I shot three Amtrak trains, westbound, not far east of Galesburg, over two days. All were in late afternoon.
One train ran both days, with the baggage car up front.
The other train ran only one day (I think), with the baggage car on the rear.
I lost my notes.
My theory is that the train with the forward baggage car is the CZ, because I think it was daily. So the rear-baggage-car one has to be the SW Chief, because I think it was thrice weekly.
Make sense?
I like to watch the Fort Madison VRF camera occasionally, which the SW Chief passes. Did a little digging, and found this article about Amtrak returning 12 long distance routes to full daily service, with both SW Chief and CZ included- the CZ was on May 24 and the SWC on May 31. So, in June you should have been seeing both on both days. That being said, I seem to recall that although the SWC usually had the baggage car on the rear, sometimes they would put it up front and sometimes there wouldn't be one at all (bi-level combo car instead).
https://media.amtrak.com/2021/03/with-increased-demand-and-congressional-funding-amtrak-restores-12-long-distance-routes-to-daily-service/
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