Another EHH legacy may bite the dust.

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Cumberland MD radio reports CSX restoring hump.  This needs more investigation by those in the know.

CSX To Re-Install, Improve Hump at Cumberland | WCBC (wcbcradio.com)

EDIT:  Is it possible for a different design of a hump to eliminate or greatly reduce the use of retarders which are expensive to maintain? 

 

Looking at Google Maps, the hump infrastructure still exists, including the tower and bridge for the locomotive duck under track.  The hump lead and distribution tracks were removed.  I assume some of the control systems from the tower to the retarders were also removed. 

[CSSHEGEWISCH]

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EDIT:  Is it possible for a different design of a hump to eliminate or greatly reduce the use of retarders which are expensive to maintain?

 

The only hump design that would reduce the use of retarders would be a grade that is not as steep so the acceleration due to gravity would be less.

     Retarders could be eliminated only by flat switching.

[wjstix]

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EDIT:  Is it possible for a different design of a hump to eliminate or greatly reduce the use of retarders which are expensive to maintain?

Interesting idea, but not sure how that would work?

In the earliest hump yards, each car had a yard worker riding it to apply the brakes manually. I'd think retarders, especially modern computer controlled ones, would be much cheaper and efficient than that.

[BaltACD]

I don't know what actually took place when the hump was closed at Cumberland - to my knowledge it didn't not get the Tilford Yard treatment that happened in Atlanta.

In my 50+ years working - it was 'normal' for a new regime to 'close' some yard or facilitiy on the property and claim the closing would result in saving X millions.  The next regime would come on the scene and reopen the previously closed facility and claim the reopening would save Y millions.

What happened with EHH and his version of PSR was more involved and destructive than those that happened when I was employed.

[blue streak 1]

Cumberland MD radio reports CSX restoring hump.  This needs more investigation by those in the know.

CSX To Re-Install, Improve Hump at Cumberland | WCBC (wcbcradio.com)

EDIT:  Is it possible for a different design of a hump to eliminate or greatly reduce the use of retarders which are expensive to maintain?