zugmann tree68 Does make me wonder, though, if a crew ever goes under a bridge and wonders "are we going to clear that?" Once or twice. The most recent example is we set off hte high car alarm with trash containers. But that detector is set for a low bridge that was removed. We still walked the train by, and it fit.
tree68 Does make me wonder, though, if a crew ever goes under a bridge and wonders "are we going to clear that?"
Once or twice. The most recent example is we set off hte high car alarm with trash containers. But that detector is set for a low bridge that was removed. We still walked the train by, and it fit.
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
tree68Does make me wonder, though, if a crew ever goes under a bridge and wonders "are we going to clear that?"
It's been fun. But it isn't much fun anymore. Signing off for now.
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afternoon
Rainy day today.Was still able to get out.Stacey bought a gift card from a chain restaurant.So for my birthday we ate in Indiana.Looked around on Ns and found some interesting trains.On the way home we stopped in Bryan.A fox came out from under the old depot and was catching supper before an oil can train went west.Tomorrow back to the corn city.As far as the diamond,it's CSX stay tuned.
stay safe
Joe
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
BaltACD mudchicken Anybody that has images of that incident, please forward my way...teaching tool BaltACD rvos1979 CSX has a new headache out east, seems that someone routed a doublestack train down a low clearance line, with predictable results........ Guess the Cumberland area is getting a new bridge........ Understand they have been adding double stack traffic to the head end of Westbound merchandise train's at Cumberland - block swapping type action. With trains being backed up on the Keystone Sub, it was not available for 'head room' so Terminal Management ordered the Train Dispatcher and the Train Crew to use the Mountain Sub for head room. This activity has been taking place for some time and my sources said the Safety Complaints were registered by both T&E and Dispatchers that the activity was UNSAFE. Who knew? Article from the local paper's website contains a illustrative picture. http://www.times-news.com/news/local_news/update-csx-train-slams-west-side-bridges/article_d244d6ee-7569-11e8-ad84-e7f3a43a46f2.html http://www.times-news.com/news/local_news/csx-refuses-city-plan-to-rebuild-washington-street-bridge/article_17820c0d-0fb9-51ff-86f8-f179d5a5210e.html
mudchicken Anybody that has images of that incident, please forward my way...teaching tool BaltACD rvos1979 CSX has a new headache out east, seems that someone routed a doublestack train down a low clearance line, with predictable results........ Guess the Cumberland area is getting a new bridge........ Understand they have been adding double stack traffic to the head end of Westbound merchandise train's at Cumberland - block swapping type action. With trains being backed up on the Keystone Sub, it was not available for 'head room' so Terminal Management ordered the Train Dispatcher and the Train Crew to use the Mountain Sub for head room. This activity has been taking place for some time and my sources said the Safety Complaints were registered by both T&E and Dispatchers that the activity was UNSAFE. Who knew?
BaltACD rvos1979 CSX has a new headache out east, seems that someone routed a doublestack train down a low clearance line, with predictable results........ Guess the Cumberland area is getting a new bridge........ Understand they have been adding double stack traffic to the head end of Westbound merchandise train's at Cumberland - block swapping type action. With trains being backed up on the Keystone Sub, it was not available for 'head room' so Terminal Management ordered the Train Dispatcher and the Train Crew to use the Mountain Sub for head room. This activity has been taking place for some time and my sources said the Safety Complaints were registered by both T&E and Dispatchers that the activity was UNSAFE. Who knew?
rvos1979 CSX has a new headache out east, seems that someone routed a doublestack train down a low clearance line, with predictable results........ Guess the Cumberland area is getting a new bridge........
Guess the Cumberland area is getting a new bridge........
Understand they have been adding double stack traffic to the head end of Westbound merchandise train's at Cumberland - block swapping type action. With trains being backed up on the Keystone Sub, it was not available for 'head room' so Terminal Management ordered the Train Dispatcher and the Train Crew to use the Mountain Sub for head room. This activity has been taking place for some time and my sources said the Safety Complaints were registered by both T&E and Dispatchers that the activity was UNSAFE.
Who knew?
Article from the local paper's website contains a illustrative picture.
http://www.times-news.com/news/local_news/update-csx-train-slams-west-side-bridges/article_d244d6ee-7569-11e8-ad84-e7f3a43a46f2.html
http://www.times-news.com/news/local_news/csx-refuses-city-plan-to-rebuild-washington-street-bridge/article_17820c0d-0fb9-51ff-86f8-f179d5a5210e.html
and from the second linked story[in part]: FTA:"...CUMBERLAND — CSX Transportation has turned down an offer by the city of Cumberland to rebuild the Washington Street bridge to its existing specifications, according to city officials.
A report on Cumberland's aging bridge infrastructure was given at Tuesday's regular meeting of the mayor and City Council... The city has four bridges in poor condition — Baltimore, Fayette, Cumberland and Washington streets. The bridges on Cumberland and Washington streets are currently closed.
"We haven't had any (progress) since we made the last proposal, which was for CSX to consider the city rebuilding the Washington Street (bridge) in or around the exact same location, and they rejected that notion," said Rhodes.
A main sticking point for CSX is the clearance, according to city officials. The Washington Street bridge has a clearance of 18 feet. CSX and federal guidelines call for bridge clearance to be 23 feet high.
"We have been unable to reach any scenario with what CSX want done in terms of clearances..."
Sounds like the situation is going to devfolve into one of those 'shotgun marriage' situations? Makes one wonder who will own the 'paternity' rights on those bridge rebuilds? Sounds like CSX owns some expensive decisions?
Here is a linked video from one of the links int the Cumberland Times-News articles courtesy of Steven Bittner ,Linked @http://www.times-news.com/news/local_news/the-latest-details-are-few-regarding-bridges-hit-by-csx/article_27668638-7630-11e8-adbc-2b12c4d9f336.html
Sorry: Thanks BALT (distracted by Chico's grapevine heating up)
(I used to have a video of NS making convertables out of some new pick-ups in Kansas City under another old bridge, but I can't find that rascal anymore)
I surmise there's a CSX public projects engineer somewhere with a much larger headache now that the operating department blundered. (The locals wanted new bridges and to have CSX foot all of the bill. Sure - take it out of Blackstone Capital's slush fund.)
What's the new CSX slogan "Precision ....?" How recently was the person who directed traffic that way hired?
Johnny
mudchickenThanks Tree (kinda helps while talking clearances)
That was Balt that posted that, but you're welcome!
Does make me wonder, though, if a crew ever goes under a bridge and wonders "are we going to clear that?"
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Thanks Tree (kinda helps while talking clearances)
Chico's grapevine is hinting at telling Murphy Siding not to drink the water for a while. BNSF in big trouble just north of him at Doon, IA.
mudchickenAnybody that has images of that incident, please forward my way...teaching tool BaltACD rvos1979 CSX has a new headache out east, seems that someone routed a doublestack train down a low clearance line, with predictable results........ Guess the Cumberland area is getting a new bridge........ Understand they have been adding double stack traffic to the head end of Westbound merchandise train's at Cumberland - block swapping type action. With trains being backed up on the Keystone Sub, it was not available for 'head room' so Terminal Management ordered the Train Dispatcher and the Train Crew to use the Mountain Sub for head room. This activity has been taking place for some time and my sources said the Safety Complaints were registered by both T&E and Dispatchers that the activity was UNSAFE. Who knew?
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
Anybody that has images of that incident, please forward my way...teaching tool
tree68 JoeKoh Also be watching on July 9th.That is when CSX and the contractors will be replacing the diamond. stay safe Joe New "news" on the chat for the cam has the replacement happening on the 15th, instead. Supposedly via an "inside contact." Not holding my breath - it's been slipped several times already. They need to do it pretty soon - the cars really bounce going over it, especially eastbound.
JoeKoh Also be watching on July 9th.That is when CSX and the contractors will be replacing the diamond. stay safe Joe New "news" on the chat for the cam has the replacement happening on the 15th, instead. Supposedly via an "inside contact." Not holding my breath - it's been slipped several times already.
Also be watching on July 9th.That is when CSX and the contractors will be replacing the diamond.
New "news" on the chat for the cam has the replacement happening on the 15th, instead. Supposedly via an "inside contact." Not holding my breath - it's been slipped several times already.
They need to do it pretty soon - the cars really bounce going over it, especially eastbound.
Surprised it has been pushed to the middle of the month rather than taking advantage of the 4th of July traffic lull.
JoeKoh Also be watching on July 9th.That is when CSX and the contractors will be replacing the diamond. stay safe Joe
Friends daughter had a corn crib blow over in a storm.They dropped off some pieces of it.Some people use the wood pile to drop of junk.I was just cleaning up the wood pile.Was also able to give a couple visitors tours of the museum as well.The donation box got filled.
JoeKoh.Neck is a little red but the chores got done at the trainpark.
So you were the one making all the noise on the cam...
rvos1979CSX has a new headache out east, seems that someone routed a doublestack train down a low clearance line, with predictable results........ Guess the Cumberland area is getting a new bridge........
Good evening
Well the sun was out this morning.So was the Loram guys and the tie gang asd well.Csx used it's magic shoehorn to fit 3 trains into south Deshler.Q 353 went south with 8 units.Neck is a little red but the chores got done at the trainpark.Mother Nature is gently raining on us now.Randy hope you get home safe.
CSX has a new headache out east, seems that someone routed a doublestack train down a low clearance line, with predictable results........
Hoped to be in Wisconsin tonight, but a fatality wreck in Kankakee screwed that up. Just two more hours that I have to drive tomorrow morning before I get home...........
Randy Vos
"Ever have one of those days where you couldn't hit the ground with your hat??" - Waylon Jennings
"May the Lord take a liking to you and blow you up, real good" - SCTV
It's a wet one here...we've probably gotten two inches of rain this morning (glad I finished mowing the lawn last evening!). Not too furious--just a good soak for yards that may need it. And the cooler temperatures (around 70) are just what the doctor ordered for us after the past few weeks, in which we endured actual temps as high as 101.
Carl
Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)
CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)
Ducking hail balls here (golf ball size)- The Frod Exploder is sporting new dents in the hood and roof.
Out here in the great wide open, you can see the weather coming from a really long ways off.
1st day of summer. I'm wearing long sleeves and had to find a warm, waterproof jacket to wear this morning. I could've canoed to work in the cornfields. We had our mid 90's weather in late May and early June. I can only assume we'll see snow in July. Mother Nature seems a bit cranky.
BOB WITHORNSo much for the clear blue sky. Now it's partly cloudy with solid clouds on there way. Gee, it only took 30 minutes.
Mostly cloudy, with intervals of sun and the occasional sprinkle for the first day of summer.
Of course, amateur radio's field day is this weekend and there's rain in the forecast. At least we'll be under cover in a pavilion.
Welcome to the first day of Summer.Going to Deshler to work at the park.Mother nature is sending rain for the June birthdays weekend.We'll see what CSX sends by.
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