CShaveRR I think that in the flatland Midwest, one will find that the railroads placed a station in each township along their line. Townships were characteristically six miles square, so stations were approximately six miles apart.
I think that in the flatland Midwest, one will find that the railroads placed a station in each township along their line. Townships were characteristically six miles square, so stations were approximately six miles apart.
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tree68 CShaveRR I think that in the flatland Midwest, one will find that the railroads placed a station in each township along their line. Townships were characteristically six miles square, so stations were approximately six miles apart. Most of the "Northwest Territory" (not to be confused with the current entity in Canada) was set up with 36 square mile townships. That included all or most of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. If you look at political maps of those states (as opposed to geographical), you'll find baselines and meridians in each. The townships are numbered based on their relationship to the baseline and meridian (ie, township 2 north, range 7 east). Of course, they also have names, but in deeds, etc, you'll find the numerical designation cited. The practice probably extended further - I can't claim to be an expert there...
As I recall, the section numbering began in the upper lefthand corner of the township and moved east, dropped down and moved west, dropped down and moved east....until section 36 had been numbered in the southwest corner.
I do not doubt that this system of identifying townships and sections is used in many of the states west of the Appalachians.
Johnny
Looks like the signal crews are working today.
Aw, no stream today
Folks, we are aware of a problem with the webcam today and are working to fix it.
Brian Schmidt, Editor, Classic Trains magazine
Brian Schmidt Link: Rochelle Web Cam Trains Magazine has upgraded the Rochelle, Ill., webcam with a bigger picture and sound. The webcam is free for registered users. See something cool on the video feed? Post about it here! And don't forget our Rochelle railfan guide for when you visit the Hub City!
Link: Rochelle Web Cam
Trains Magazine has upgraded the Rochelle, Ill., webcam with a bigger picture and sound. The webcam is free for registered users. See something cool on the video feed? Post about it here!
And don't forget our Rochelle railfan guide for when you visit the Hub City!
Have fun with your trains
I blame the spider
You're close. Section 1 is in the northeast corner of the township and section 36 is in the southeast corner.
rdamon I blame the spider
I fear you may be right . BTW the Bailey Yard camera has also been broken for the last few days (I realise that's nothing to do with Trains).
chrisjmiller I fear you may be right . BTW the Bailey Yard camera has also been broken for the last few days (I realise that's nothing to do with Trains).
The Bailey cam worked fine for me yesterday...
SushiLoverThe Bailey cam worked fine for me yesterday...
The Bailey cam seems to be working fine now. Here's the link I use (to save you the trouble of searching for it): http://visitnorthplatte.com/live-bailey-yard-web-cam/ If anyone knows a way to bypass the tourist attractions at North Platte, please let us know.
Profound-thought-brought-on-by-viewing-Bailey-Yard-for-a-few-minutes: How can anything be so boring and so fascinating at the same time? Railroading is so fascinating that it's held my attention for more than 70 years.
ChuckAllen, TX
Thanks for the update on Bailey yard. Looks like it's stopped working in Chrome, works fine in Internet Explorer and Edge.
That's one thick web! To steal from "Jaws," you're going to need a bigger broom.
I wonder how much more work is getting done with the camera being down.
rdamon I wonder how much more work is getting done with the camera being down.
Maybe less in my case. I somehow managed to get the Bailey Yard web cam, full-screen, in "living color", panning continously, as my desktop background. Not sure how I did that but I can't wait for Rochelle to get back up so I can try to duplicate it there.
Meanwhile, what was it again that I meant to do this morning?
rochelle is back on now
What a relief, the cam is back up again. It not working really wasn't working for me.
The first train I saw was a WB on the UP. It put the mixed in mixed consist train. Some Yardmaster east of Rochelle must have gone on a rampage to clean out his yard and got these cars moved down the line for the next YM to sort out.
Hope the cam stays up.
Bruce
So shovel the coal, let this rattler roll.
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Was looking at the Newswire this evening and it looks like the WB Empire Builder made a detour through Rochelle today on BNSF tracks. I'm guessing nobody caught the appearance, given the silence on this thread, but that would have been something to see.
Amtrak will be detouring over the UP today. I just missed getting AMT 6 out of Omaha.
Jeff
jeffhergert Amtrak will be detouring over the UP today. I just missed getting AMT 6 out of Omaha. Jeff
Interesting that the "Track your Train" map on Amtrak shows ATK 6 eastbound at about Des Moines, as opposed to the Ottumwa area in Iowa. The icon is directly north of the dot for Osceola station. Looks like about 250 miles or more of running to Rochelle. Status of 6 is unavailable now "due to service disruption."
UPDATE: At noon CST on the Amtrak Track map, 6 shows just west of Tama, IA, about 185 miles west of Rochelle. Red board still up on WB UP track at Rochelle, at least, with workers at the signal bridge west of the diamonds.
ChuckCobleigh jeffhergert Amtrak will be detouring over the UP today. I just missed getting AMT 6 out of Omaha. Jeff Interesting that the "Track your Train" map on Amtrak shows ATK 6 eastbound at about Des Moines, as opposed to the Ottumwa area in Iowa. The icon is directly north of the dot for Osceola station. Looks like about 250 miles or more of running to Rochelle. Status of 6 is unavailable now "due to service disruption." UPDATE: At noon CST on the Amtrak Track map, 6 shows just west of Tama, IA, about 185 miles west of Rochelle. Red board still up on WB UP track at Rochelle, at least, with workers at the signal bridge west of the diamonds.
CBTIm pretty sure a couple of minutes ago i saw the red board down off the WB UP track.
Red board is down. AMT 6 is showing to be at Clinton in the yard there at 2:30 CST, probably picking up it's pilot crew to guide them to Proviso, at least. They should hit Rochelle just before 3:30 CST, I would guess.
UPDATE: 3:05 PM CST, now east of Morrison, about 45 miles from Rochelle.
FURTHER UPDATE: 4 PM CST, icon for AMT 6 has now disappeared after showing "bullseye" at Nelson, IL for a while, just west of Dixon. Hmmmm.
FINAL UPDATE: 4:45 PM CST, AMT6 came through Rochelle with a UP unit on the point (for cab signals?) and moving just fine. Screen shots, but it was pretty dark by then.
4:45 PM it crossed the diamonds. The passengers got a nice gentle roller coaster ride out of it, too.
Semper Vaporo
Pkgs.
O. S. Rochelle. Passenger Extra Engine UP ???? East. 1646.
BWM
OK, now that the Zep is gone, one note from the track work earlier, which is that it appeared that at least once there was a thermite weld going on. Either that or someone lit a huge barbecue with a gallon of fluid. Nice plume of smoke coming up and some glow at track level for a short while. This was while the red board was up on the WB UP track and the MOW folks were on the west side of the diamonds.
UP 5414 was leading No. 6 today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkCHgh6pWPo Another Amtrak detour from a few years ago. Going through Grand Mound, IA and although you can't really tell, I was at the throttle on my first Amtrak detour.
Jeff, that UP engine was proabbly going the fastest it ever went.
Did anyone get pictures, if so can you post them.
jeffhergertGoing through Grand Mound, IA and although you can't really tell, I was at the throttle on my first Amtrak detour.
Well, we'd hardly expect and open window and a wave at the end of January in Iowa!
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