Re: (erielack) Erie Split Mains

[Will <alcoman_@_net.bluemoon.net>]

You also had the "split mains" on the Erie on the Southern Tier, dont
remember what point east of Meadville they started but they came back
together in Meadville.=20


On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Michael Dye wrote:

>>From my reading, it appears that the reasoning behind the split mains was=
 in=20
>order to reduce the prevailing grades for each direction, in order to ease=
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>the passage of trains. I don't know of any structures (other than signal=
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>masts) located between the mains. Still, I seem to recall reading that the=
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>was a section near Akron, Indiana, where the east and westbound mains=20
>switched sides, crossing over each other by a bridge (I've not been able t=
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>confirm this by track plan). The grade separations were at:
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>MP:                 Location:
>808-811             Between Wren, OH and Decatur, IN
>866-876             Between Laketon, IN and Akron, IN
>951-957             Between Crown Point, IN and Griffith, IN
>
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>The counties in question were Wabash and Pulaski counties, in Indiana. The=
ir=20
>RR property taxes were rather...predatory, and the Erie decided to reduce=
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>the property that was contained in those areas. So, single track and close=
d=20
>depots followed.
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>Michael Dye ELHS #1516
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>>From: Richard Young <ryoungceo_@_yahoo.com>
>>=09Not only were there split mains but they were also at
>>different elevations in many spots. At the extreme end
>>there was 42 feet of vertical elevation differences
>>between the two Mains in Indiana. I don't know of any
>>structures between the split mains but there were a
>>few road bridges over the eastbound main going into a
>>standard grade cossing of the west bound main.
>>
>>=09The mains did not keep equal distance apart as the
>>tangents between the two varied. ( some times only 5
>>feet of extra distance over the standard double track
>>separation and up to 110' in a few spots on my
>>charts). I have never seen anything that stated why
>>and what fors as to the split multi level mains. Any
>>help there would be appreciated.
>>
>>=09Taxes in Two of the indana counties were so high
>>after a reforendum that precipitated the removal of
>>the double track in 54 or 55.
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