Glenn, Some months ago, you asked about moving a concrete milepost and whistle post. Our track and signal supervisor advises that there is about as much concrete below ground as there is above, and that those things weigh several hundred pounds. If you have a crane or a burro, you might be able to move it! Ken At 11:52 AM 7/21/99 -0400, Glenn wrote: >There are several of the former Erie concrete milepost and whistle >signs remaining in the Decatur, IN area (including two of the concrete >pbone box/wasp nest structures). One milepost marker in particular is >in a person's backyard that borders the ROW through town (they didn't >seem to move it there - from the way the grass is grown around it it >looks like maybe that family backyard may have been extended a few feet >closer to the ROW over the years, after they single-tracked it). My >uncle has contacts with the owner of the property (he knows almost >everybody in that burg) and they may be willing to sell the milepost to >me. It's pretty certain that CR, now CSX/NS isn't gonna care as it has >no bearing on the current trackage (funny - in that town the N&W line >just south of the EL main was the former NKP and former Clover Leaf >before that for which my relatives worked, and those tracks were >pulled-up last summer; now the NS returns via the old Conrail, ex-PC, >ex-Pennsy route from Ft. Wayne). > >I am thinking seriously about pursuing the purchase of the artifact >once I get into my new house next spring (what a nice outdoor >ornament). I figure better that than eventually seeing it busted-up >into gravel. This particular milepost is less than 4 ft. high >(approximating from memory). Might anyone know how much something like >that may weigh, and how far down in the ground it might extend? I >wouldn't want to offer to buy it when I'd have to dig a foxhole in >getting it out. > >Glenn >ELHS #2655 > >_________________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ >Visit the erielack photopage at http://el-list.railfan.net > > > Kenneth Bush, A.R.M., C.P.C.U. Vice President Insurance Audit & Inspection Company, Indianapolis (317) 259-1013 Fax: (317) 465-1004 "kbush_@_insuranceaudit.com" www.insuranceaudit.com ------------------------------------------------------------ Visit the erielack photopage at http://el-list.railfan.net ------------------------------
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