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(erielack) Calendar Observations: Derailment waiting to happen

Paul and List Members:

Speaking of things to notice on the calendar, take a look at June's photo
of the AC Tower crossing at Marion.

Notice on the N&W  (formerly PRR) tracks that cross the EL's in the
picture, on the nearest set of N&W tracks and between the 2 EL tracks,
there is what appears to be a spike (or something looking like a spike)
extending upward from the nearest ( or right ) rail on the tracks.  It
seems quite improbable that this spike could be held up on its pointed
side, but not being an expert on 2 sets of double track crossing each
other, whether there is another rail or some piece of hardware that could
hold this in place.  

OR - could this be an optical illusion, with the apparatus either in front
of or behind the rail?

If you have trouble spotting this, drop a vertical line from the numbers on
the cab to the N& W track below.

If it is on the rail, could this cause a potential derailment?

I will await your comments.

Regards,


Chris Thurner

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> From: Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul) <"paultup_@_lucent.com">
> To: "erielack_@_internexus.net"
> Subject: (erielack) Freight consists in EL (and earlier) trains...
> Date: Wednesday, March 03, 1999 3:54 PM
> 
> As usual, I spend *far* too much time at work staring at the EL Calendar
in
> front of me! I noticed the shot for this month shows a sharp SD45/SDP45
duo
> pulling the train, but the consist behind the units are what intrigues me
> more:
> 
> 50' double-door IC boxcar
> 50' double-door B&O boxcar
> 40' single-door Rock Island (?) boxcar
> 40' single-door Penn Central boxcar
> 40' single-door Milwaukee Road boxcar
> 40' single-door Genesee & Wyoming boxcar (!!!)
> 
> et al.
> 
> The train continues with quite a number of boxcars until you finally hit
a
> covered hopper (ACF CenterFlow variety). I've noticed a lot of other
photos
> with consists with significant boxcar consists.
> 
> Today's freight consists have MUCH more variety, by comparison. Why is
this?
> Has specialization (covered hoppers, centerbeam flats, etc.) removed the
> commonality of boxcars in freights? I noticed in older (DL&W/Erie era)
> trains that boxcars were very predominant as well. I figured that by
1970,
> the specialization rage had already taken over, but I guess not?
> 
> Thanks for letting me do a "brain-dump" on this!
> 
> 	- Paul
> 
> 
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