NDGAs a child I thought the Truck was ELECTRIC and followed the wire as a Streetcar would to get back to the Car Barns. Not So.
But your concept wasn't far off the mark: Detroit Street Railways -
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.
The de-activated swing bridge reminds me of several railroad bridges over the Sanitary and Ship Canal from just west of Kedzie Avenue to Summit.
CSSHEGEWISCH The de-activated swing bridge reminds me of several railroad bridges over the Sanitary and Ship Canal from just west of Kedzie Avenue to Summit.
Do either of the BNSF (Former SF) bridges that you mention over the canal ever open (or can) ? I know the tow (pushers) boats have pilot houses that duck but are the bridges totally inactive?
Also, since you brought up bridges near Chicago, the CN (Ex EJ&E) bridge over the Illinois River near the Dresden Nuclear Plant has little traffic but I got to ride it (down, up & down, & up) one time when I observed the operator go to it for a freight delivery to an industry (Reichhold Chemical or Aeropres) on the south side of the river. It was built, I believe, when there were coal mines (Coal City Illinois) around there but now it serves one or two plants by the river and an occasional (rare) shipment for the generating station. Bet the bean counters would like to shed it. Can't be cheap to maintain it.
The design of the bridges suggests that the bridge tender's cabin was on the platform above the center pier. They may have been able to operate at one point but were probably de-activated after WW2. South Shore's first bridge over the Calumet River was similar but it was replaced in the 1960's to improve clearances on the river.
A treasure trove of photos (mostly B&W) of railroads, looks to be mostly in the 1960s from the few I looked at:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kheelcenter/
"Albums" in thumbnail format - the first 33 are railroads, with a brief description and the number of photos:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kheelcenter/albums
"Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, ILR School, Cornell University www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel. The Kheel Center collects, preserves, and makes accessible special collections pertaining to the history of the workplace and labor relations."
Enjoy!
- PDN.
FYI,
Work has started on rebuilding CN 6060:
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/592ee5cd197aeaaeed906437/t/5ef2729fbb9cd35432a86c1e/1592947361087/Press+Release+June15%2C2020.pdf
Greetings from Alberta
-an Articulate Malcontent
The final cut has been completed in the process to remove the MV Golden Ray from where it capsized in St. Simons Sound near Brunswick, GA - just short of 2 full years from when it went over on September 8, 2019.
https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/local/final-cut-completed-on-golden-ray-wreck-newspaper-reports/77-99cc2ac1-d9d8-466d-be3d-17b97253f42a
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
NTSB attributes Golden Ray capsizing in St. Simons Sound, GA to the Chief Officer having the vessel improperly ballasted.
https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/local/golden-ray-ntsb-report/77-80710ccb-06d8-4ee7-91ea-e0f2f3b354e0
Welcome back with a bang!
Glad to hear from you, NDG. I've been missing your stories and interesting topics you've introduced.
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"A stranger's just a friend you ain't met yet." --- Dave Gardner
You are welcome!
We are fast becoming the last generation that remembers just after the War when we travelled by Train and Streetcar, not owning a car until the mid Fifties.
Went down to the station 'cause the Train had a Diesel!!
We've Been There, Done That in many ways and experienced much that will never be again.
Alot can be said about the Conduct on various Forums and of their members.
Too many Funerals, too many Hospital visits.
We are all bound for the same Objective Terminal.
The Postings are meant to inform and often amuse.
There are tears, too, and loneliness as Seniority Lists shorten.
It's the way it is and was.
Still miss Steam Whistles in the Night. Switch Lamps, and much, much more as I approach my Ninth Decade.
You could tell when he had crested the Grade as he Hooked Her up on the Flat.
BTW. Did Six 6 miles on my 4-8-2 Bike today, and it DID Snow for a while around 15K.
Mr. Kat is pouting about something, Again. Still?
He may come back, too?
See how it goes.
Euclid... paging Euclid! Mandate for automatic parking brakes in Canada may be in process...
Remember the NS training about the 'Mountain of Challenge'? Apparently nothing like it for Field... and little or nothing about the effects of severe cold on what might be interchanged cars...
I did think -- perhaps naively -- that a #1 brake test at -26 would be a reasonable predictor of behavior at -28. But it does occur to me that monitoring the rate of pressure maintaining would sure be a reasonable guide to how long an emergency set would last...
Creston, B C. M. 67.3 ( 1931 ) CPR Nelson Sub.
That Kootenay Landing Bridge needs to be posted on the Model Railroader site as a fascinating prototype. I don't remember a plate girder span being used between through trusses as a lift span, but it survives as such to this day, and there are sure to be places the design would be valuable!
Have Walked out there several times, and across to West Shore.
Bridge was operated by men pushing on a Tee-Bar Key inserted over square stems in holes in deck of bridge, one of which operated the Locks and Wedges, the opposite wound the lifting cables.
L-Shaped Brackets on downstream side girder held Key parallel to track w Switch Lock.
Telegraph wires went up and over.
FWIW.
Great to have you back!
Here's another example of string lining, with a fatality. I suppose that brings this thread full circle.
http://tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/rail/2019/r19t0147/r19t0147.html
SD70DudeGreat to have you back! Here's another example of string lining, with a fatality. I suppose that brings this thread full circle. http://tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/rail/2019/r19t0147/r19t0147.html
15 degree curve is rather sharp - even if it is in yard territory.
I wish they'd build some of those in Jasper. Bears get killed on the track every year here too, but it never seems to make the news. There have even been a number of three legged ones over the years, which became that way after getting drunk on rotten grain and then not rolling out of the way in time..... (they like to monopolize a pile of grain and are loathe to leave it even when sober). Then they become even more dependent on grain, since it can't run away.
That poor Inco crew. Did everything right and died just the same.
A conductor lost his foot in a similar injury at the Roberts Bank port a few years ago. He went to kick a misaligned drawbar into place at the last second, missed, and his foot was between the drawbars when the joint made.
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