Thank You.
Wow. Gotta love that, or not?
Would make for an awesome Halloween costume at the company office party!
Greetings from Alberta
-an Articulate Malcontent
Gives new meaning to the term "corporate head hunter."
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...
Amazon employee title?
- PDN.
Thanks!
The exact location appears to have been the bridge located at these coordinates. The timber approaches were replaced with fills:
50.273877, -101.184924
It still hurts to read of those who died, even so many years later.
I see things that look like switch stands in people's yards with a fair bit of regularity. Anyone know what these are?
All I can come up with unless a lot of railfans have old switch stands in their yard as decorations, is that it's got something to do with natural gas lines?
Leo_Ames...it's got something to do with natural gas lines?
Are there any placards on them? IIRC, usually any sort of fixture having to do with gas lines will be marked as such.
While my old neighborhood had a fair amount of product pipelines running through, they were generally located near road, railroad or transmission line rights of way. Finding a pipeline running under residential properties would be quite unusual.
In my walking, I have seen a switch stand that held a mailbox.
Johnny
Leo_Ames I see things that look like switch stands in people's yards with a fair bit of regularity. Anyone know what these are? All I can come up with unless a lot of railfans have old switch stands in their yard as decorations, is that it's got something to do with natural gas lines?
Could you post a photo?
Not immediately, but if nobody seems to be around the next time I drive by a house with one of these, I'll quickly snap one.
S.L. = shop locomotive:
http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/photos/cpr_steam/shop_locos.htm
NDGThis locomotive has a Smoke Box Damper.
Is that the term used in Canada? I believe that's a superheater damper in American parlance and practice ... or is this something else?
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That two-wire overhead for a rail operation is rather rare, Cincinnati is the only operation of which I'm aware that used that arrangement.
This is double overhead which is required for a three-phase AC electrification. Only GN used it in North America although it was prevalent in Northern Italy until it was replaced gradually after WW2.
If you have not read the book, The White Cascade about the avalanche that swept trains off the mountain and killed many people, I strongly recommend it. What those men went through is impressive. And the crews loyalty to Hill was fascinating. No unions back then. Ask your librarian to get the book for you.
NDG GTP Locomotive and Spreader. https://search.nbca.unbc.ca/uploads/r/northern-bc-archives-special-collections/e/c/e/ecee6dfc228fc8d52c1b055dc46c64834fc7e3276e6f59b43c848bbf8c821bff/NBCA_2002_1_9_2_033.jpg Spreaders of this type lasted into Eighties. When in Snow Service usually coupled behind a Plow ahead of locomotive.
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