Switching the east lead at Lime Spur
Lime Spur was actually two spurs located at either end of a curve. One spur had a west-facing switch that held two cement hoppers for loading. This spur has an east-facing and has two short tracks, one for the tank car of fuel that fed the operation and a second that held a single cement hopper for loading. The empty tank and loaded hopper have been pulled from these tracks and temporarily spotted on the short run-around track behind the photographer, and now the Baldwin S-12s are spotting the loaded tank car and will then spot the empty hopper in the second track. Benson's 1962 Ford Falcon station wagon is parked next to the tank car. Lime Spur was a neat little operation and would be an excellent site for railroad modelers to recreate.
Switching the east lead at Lime Spur
Lime Spur was actually two spurs located at either end of a curve. One spur had a west-facing switch that held two cement hoppers for loading. This spur has an east-facing and has two short tracks, one for the tank car of fuel that fed the operation and a second that held a single cement hopper for loading. The empty tank and loaded hopper have been pulled from these tracks and temporarily spotted on the short run-around track behind the photographer, and now the Baldwin S-12s are spotting the loaded tank car and will then spot the empty hopper in the second track. Benson's 1962 Ford Falcon station wagon is parked next to the tank car. Lime Spur was a neat little operation and would be an excellent site for railroad modelers to recreate.