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Po dosednutí našeho letadla na letišti Calama a následného zapůjčení automobilu, jsme vyzbrojeni základními informacemi vyrazili neprodleně za dobrodružstvím Chilské železnice. Po ujetí 175 kilometrů směrem k Bolivijské hranici jsme se dostali k solné pláni – Salar de Carcote, kde jsme si všimli prvního vlaku, který směřoval z vnitrozemí do Bolívie. Po jeho zastavení ve výhybně San Martin, jsme usoudili, že jede vlak proti. Neváhali jsme a zdokumentovali jsme tento stojící vlak v čele se stroji FCAB 2005 + 2407 a 2405. Po nějakém čase, se v dáli solné pláně objevil vlak z Bolívie v čele se stroji FCAB 2003 + 2004. Oba nákladní vlaky převážely tzv. Box-Cary. My jsme se rozhodli o odfocení obou vlaků ve výhybně a následovat tento vlak do vnitrozemí.
Pláň Salar de Carcote (nebo také Saler de San Martín) se nachází v nadmořské výšce 3 690 m n.m., rozkládá se na ploše 108 km2. Salar je pozůstatkem starověkého jezera, dnes se v salaru nachází pouze několik malých jezírek. Jeho krajině dominují sopky Ollagüe na východě a Aucanquilcha na severu. Právě stratovulkán Ollagüe s nadmořskou výškou 5 868 m n.m. se nachází na snímku v pravé části, sopka se nachází na hranicích Chile a Bolívie. Z historie však není doložena její aktivita, ale je nadále vedena jako aktivní.
V čele vlaku jedoucí již zmíněné stroje FCAB 2003 a 2004, jsme následně potkávali den co den. Jedná se o lokomotivy z produkce Clyde Engineering typu GL26C-2 (australská licenční výroba typu EMD G26), oba stroje byly vyrobeny v roce 1971 a společností FCAB byly zakoupeny v roce 2001 od Australské společnosti Queensland Rail.
Na snímku z 6. listopadu 2022, který jsem se rozhodl publikovat, jsou do sebe oba vlaky takřka „zaklesnuty“ a konec vlaku stojícího na vzdálenější koleji končí v dýmu lokomotiv FCAB 2003 + 2004. V pozadí na levé straně se nachází také již zmíněná trojice lokomotiv FCAB a částečně zabraný Salar de Carcote.
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After landing our plane at the Calama airport and subsequently renting a car, armed with basic information we set off immediately for the adventure of the Chilean railway. After driving 175 kilometers towards the Bolivian border, we reached the salt flat – Salar de Carcote, where we noticed the first train heading inland to Bolivia. After it stopped at the San Martin switch, we assumed that the train was going against it. We didn't hesitate and documented this stationary train led by FCAB 2005 + 2407 and 2405. After some time, a train from Bolivia appeared in the far salt plain led by FCAB 2003 + 2004. Both freight trains carried so-called Box-Cary . We decided to take pictures of both trains in the switchyard and follow this train inland.
The Salar de Carcote plain (or Saler de San Martín) is located at an altitude of 3,690 m above sea level, and covers an area of 108 km2. The Salar is a remnant of an ancient lake, today only a few small lakes are found in the Salar. Its landscape is dominated by the volcanoes Ollagüe in the east and Aucanquilcha in the north. It is the Ollagüe stratovolcano with an altitude of 5,868 m above sea level. is located in the right part of the picture, the volcano is located on the border of Chile and Bolivia. However, its activity is not documented in history, but it is still listed as active.
At the head of the train, the already mentioned FCAB 2003 and 2004 machines, we subsequently met every day. These are Clyde Engineering type GL26C-2 locomotives (Australian Licensed EMD G26 type), both built in 1971 and purchased by FCAB in 2001 from Queensland Rail of Australia. In the picture from November 6, 2022, which I decided to publish, the two trains are almost "sunk" into each other, and the end of the train standing on the further track ends in the smoke of the locomotives FCAB 2003 + 2004. In the background on the left side, there is also the already mentioned trio FCAB locomotives and the partially occupied Salar de Carcote.
V490.4 der Havelländischen Eisenbahn hat soeben Blankenburg mit dem Kalkzug zu den Kohlekraftwerken in der Lausitz verlassen. Der dort zur Rauchgasentschwefelung benötigte Kalk wird durch die Firma Fels in ihren Werken um Rübeland in den Höhen des östlichen Harzes gewonnen. Von Rübeland wurde der Zug von den dort eingesetzten 185 der HVLE in zwei Teilen zum Umspannbahnhof Blankenburg Nord gebracht.
V490.4 of the Havelländische Eisenbahn has just left Blankenburg with the lime train to the coal-fired power stations in the Lausitz. The lime required there for flue gas desulphurisation is extracted by the Fels company in its plants around Rübeland in the heights of the north-eastern Harz Mountains. From Rübeland, the train was taken in two parts by the 185s of the HVLE used there to the Blankenburg Nord switchyard.
Detail der 110kV-Freiluftschaltanlage auf dem Gelände Teil der Kranbrücke des Kraftwerks der ab 1936 errichteten Heeresversuchsanstalt Peenemünde (heute Teil des Historisch-Technischen Museums Peenemünde). Rechts im Hintergrund ein Schrägaufzug zur Kohleförderung. In der Heeresversuchsanstalt wurde vor allem die erste funktionsfähigen Grossrakete Aggregat 4 (A4, bekannt geworden als «Vergeltungswaffe» V2) entwickelt und getestet.
Die 1953 in Betrieb genommene Schaltanlage diente dem Anschluss des nach dem Krieg weiterbetriebenen Kraftwerks an das Hochspannungsnetz der DDR anzubinden. Im Betrieb der Heeresversuchsanstalt wurde ein erheblicher Teil der Kraftwerksleistung für die Produktion von verflüssigtem Sauerstoff in einer eigens hierfür errichten grosstechnischen Anlage gebraucht (Die A4/V2-Rakete wurde durch ein Gemisch aus Sauerstoff und verdünntem Alkohol angetrieben).
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Detail of the 110kV outdoor substation on the terrain the coal-fired power plant of the Peenemünde Army Research Center (now part of the Peenemünde Historical-Technical Museum), which was built from 1936. In the background on the right, an inclined elevator for coal transport. The first functioning large rocket, Aggregat 4 (A4, which became known as the "retaliatory weapon" (Vergeltungswaffe) V2), was developed and tested at the Army Research Center.
The switchgear, commissioned in 1953, served to connect the power plant, which continued to operate after the war, to the GDR's high-voltage grid. In the operation of the Army Research Center, a considerable part of the power plant output was used for the production of liquefied oxygen in a large-scale plant built especially for this purpose (the A4/V2 rocket was propelled by a mixture of oxygen and diluted alcohol).
V330.1 der Havelländischen Eisenbahn hat soeben Blankenburg mit dem Kalkzug zu den Kohlekraftwerken in der Lausitz verlassen. Der dort zur Rauchgasentschwefelung benötigte Kalk wird durch die Firma Fels in ihren Werken um Rübeland in den Höhen des nördlichen Harzes gewonnen. Von Rübeland wurde der Zug von den dort eingesetzten 185 der HVLE in zwei Teilen zum Umspannbahnhof Blankenburg Nord gebracht.
Östlich von Blankenburg tat sich ein kleines Wolkenloch für den Zug, der nun mit Dieseltraktion unterwegs ist, auf.
V330.1 of the Havelländische Eisenbahn has just left Blankenburg with the lime train to the coal-fired power stations in the Lausitz. The lime required there for flue gas desulphurisation is extracted by the Fels company in its plants around Rübeland in the heights of the northen Harz Mountains. From Rübeland, the train was taken in two parts by the 185s of the HVLE used there to the Blankenburg Nord switchyard.
East of Blankenburg a small cloud hole opened up between the clouds for the train, which is now running with diesel traction.
I spent an afternoon of a very hot day at Leipzig-Engelsdorf railyard to catch some impressions before it will be closed end of the year. After Shift change at 4pm, all three locomotives started to move at the same time. Two of them I was able to get on one picture.
Es würde alles gutgehen. Ja, alles würde gutgehen – bis fast zum Schluss.
Er würde ein ganz gewöhnlicher Reisender sein; einfach einer aus der stetig steigenden Zahl an Besuchern dieser wunderschönen und immerwährend neutralen Alpenrepublik. Nichts an ihm und seiner Reise würde besonders oder bemerkenswert sein.
Als Gründer und Mitinhaber eines kleinen, aber feinen Beratungsbüros im Bereich der Energieversorgung würde er an der Technischen Universität Graz an einer Tagung zur zukünftigen Entwicklung der Wasserkraft im Alpenraum teilnehmen. Gerade würde er ein grosses Projekt für einen anspruchsvollen Kunden erfolgreich abgeschlossen haben, weshalb er es sich würde leisten können, in einem bescheidenen und unauffälligen, aber unbedingt zuverlässigen Mietwagen noch etwas durchs Land zu reisen. Das alles würde für jedermann überprüfbar sein.
Bei seinen Fahrten, Spaziergängen und auch einigen Wanderungen würde er sich natürlich – auch das würde jeder verstehen – ganz besonders für die Trassen der Hochspannungsleitungen interessieren, für die Wasserkraftwerke mit ihren imposanten Stauseen, Mauern und Druckrohrleitungen, für die Umspannwerke und Schaltanlagen. Aus professionellem Interesse würde er recht viel fotografieren und auch sein Notizbuch mit Kennzahlen, Skizzen und Anmerkungen voll sachkundigen Lobes füllen.
Er würde auch ein guter Beobachter sein und genau registrieren, was um ihn herum vorging. Und dabei würde nichts Verdächtiges sein. Erst spät – zu spät – würde er realisieren, dass die vier Wanderer, die an seinem letzten Tag in einer engen Schlucht zu je zweien von beiden Seiten auf ihn zukommen würden, nicht ganz so harmlos seien würden, wie zunächst gedacht.
(Teil der Serie: Ein Bild und eine Geschichte. Copyright Der Sekretär, 2024. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.)
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Everything would go well. Yes, everything would go well – almost to the end.
He would be an average traveler; just one of the ever-increasing number of visitors to this beautiful and perpetually neutral Alpine republic. Nothing about him or his journey would be special or remarkable.
As the founder and co-owner of a small but prestigious consultancy firm in the field of energy supply, he would be attending a conference at the Technical University of Graz on the future development of hydropower in the Alpine region. He would have just successfully completed a large project for a demanding client, which is why he would be able to afford to travel around the country in a modest and inconspicuous, but absolutely reliable rental car. All of this would be open to verification by anyone.
During his trips, walks and even a few hikes, he would naturally – and everyone would understand this – take a particular interest in the routes of the high-voltage lines, the hydroelectric power plants with their imposing reservoirs, walls and penstocks, the substations and switchyards. Out of professional interest, he would take a lot of photographs and fill his notebook with key figures, sketches and notes full of expert compliments.
He would also be a good observer and notice exactly what was going on around him. And there would be nothing suspicious. Only late – too late – would he realize that the four hikers who would approach him on his last day in a narrow gorge, two from each side, would not be quite as harmless as he had first thought.
(Part of the series: A picture and a story. Copyright by Secretary, 2024, all rights reserved.)
That Antelope & Western No.1, a wood burning 1889 Porter 0-4-0 steam locomotive, blowing it's whistle in the switchyard of the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum, Nevada City, California.
Am 23. August 2024 ließ ich mich zu einem Ausflug ins Ostallgäu überreden. Ziel sollte sein, die orientrote 218 406 vor dem IC-Zugpaar 2084/85 zu fotografieren. Im Nachhinein bin ich sehr froh, die Tour unternommen zu haben, konnte dadurch doch unwissentlich eine der letzten Fahrten des "Nebelhorns" auf der Allgäubahn dokumentiert werden. Wenige Tage später verkehrte die Verbindung zum letzen Mal. Es trat beim Stellwerk in Oberstdorf ein gravierender Schaden auf, die Weichen zu den Abstellgleisen mit der Zugvorheiz-Anlage können nicht mehr angesteuert werden. Die Reparatur scheint so aufwändig zu sein, dass man lieber gleich das Fernzug-Angebot eingestellt und für 2025 gar nicht erst bestellt hat. Alternative Möglichkeiten zur Abstellung und zur Zugbehandlung gibt es im Allgäu ebenfalls keine mehr. Was wie ein Schildbürgerstreich klingt, ist leider symptomatisch für den Zustand der Deutschen Bahn. Am besagten 23. August 2024 kam die mustergültig in den Zustand der frühen Epoche V zurück versetzte 218 406 mit ihrem IC 2084 nach Hamburg Altona fast pünktlich die Günzacher Steige hinauf gefahren und konnte von mir bei Mittelberg aufgenommen werden. Die zwei Kühe ließen sich von der Durchfahrt des Zuges nicht irritieren - als hätten sie es geahnt, dass sie künftig beim Grasen ohnehin nur noch von Triebwagen der Baureihen 612 und 633 und mit viel Glück (aus Sicht eines Eisenbahnfreundes) durch einen Güterzug gestört würden.
On 23 August 2024, I was convinced to take a trip to the Ostallgäu. The aim was to photograph the Orient red 218 406 in front of the IC train pair 2084/85. In retrospect, I am very glad that I undertook the trip, as it enabled me to unknowingly document one of the last journeys of the ‘Nebelhorn’ on the Allgäu railway. A few days later, the train ran for the last time. There was serious damage to the control centre in Oberstdorf and the switchyard sidings to the tracks with the train pre-heating system could no longer be controlled. The repair seems to be so costly that the long-distance train service has been cancelled and not even ordered for 2025. There are also no alternative options for heating and train handling in the Allgäu region. What sounds like a prank is unfortunately symptomatic of the state of Deutsche Bahn. On 23 August 2024, 218 406, which had been perfectly restored to the condition of early Era V, drove up the Günzacher Steige almost punctually with its IC 2084 to Hamburg Altona and I was able to take a picture of it near Mittelberg. The two cows were unperturbed by the train's passage - as if they had guessed that in future they would only be disturbed while grazing by class 612 and 633 railcars and, with a lot of luck (from a railway enthusiast's point of view), by a freight train.
SM42-276 pushes a train out of a container terminal, where the containers were reloaded before from broad to regular gauge cars. This is a very interesting place to be, but not a place to stay for long. Even though it was not a problem that children were using this way and crossed the tracks too, two men with cameras were not tolerated.
Currently there is a special exhibition about Caspar David Friedrich at Leipzig art museum, that I visited this day. On the way back to Hamburg I made a stop at Halle to make some pictures at the switchyard. BTW, it was a good decision to visit the exhibition that day, on Monday of current week all museums in Saxony were closed due to strongly increasing Covid 19 numbers.
Yesterday we had a rare day out and we visited the Brisbane Powerhouse at New Farm, which in bygone times was actually the Brisbane City Council's New Farm Powerhouse that supplied power to Brisbane's long gone and longer lamented trams.
For many years it sat rusting and deteriorating, until someone with a bright idea got it accepted and it was turned into a performing arts venue. A lot of the building was torn down and the majority of the generation equipment including turbines, gensets and associated switchyard were ripped out. But the building which has had a remarkable transformation is not only a great performance space inside but still retains its bones and the odd bits and pieces including murals and also the odd unexpected humour which I will get too another time. Of course, it also has admin offices and a lot of artsy people suitably attired in black! Needless to say, we stood out as the old people who have bumbled in, just as we are and did!
It is open to the public to stroll around although this is the first time we have ever been inside despite how long it has been open. It also has lovely clean toilets (well, that's practical isn't it?), a great cafe and it sits on the Brisbane River with a fabulous outlook and is embraced by New Farm Park. It also has great shows.
I worked in the Electricity Department of the Brisbane City Council until it was morphed into a Queensland Government Board and late a Government Owned Enterprise and used to visit fellow staff in one of the outbuildings in my younger years but never got to see inside whilst the Powerhouse proper laid idle before the refurb. What a place with all that abandoned gear to have seen and indeed, taken some pictures of. But all is not lost, as I said much of its bones are still part of the new venue, rusting and/or deteriorating mysteriously for all to see and enjoy. The main performance space is in the old turbine hall. And here is just a little bit, a total unidentified electrical object or UEO. And it's not even live so if you should manage to reach out and thrust a finger in, you will live to tell the tale.
Explore 17 October, 2020.
Two of The Revelstoke Railway Museum railway cars are joined by a coupler.
The coupler is a large metal casting used for the connection between railway cars and locomotives.
I think this is a knuckle coupler (or Janney Coupler) invented by Eli H. Janney, who received a patent for it in 1873 (U.S. Patent 138,405).
A link to top down photo of a Janney Type E Coupler:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janney_coupler#/media/File:Train_co...
Railroads in North America form one unitary system, and uniformity of couplers is important for smooth interchange of rolling stock.
Janney was a dry goods clerk and former Confederate Army officer from Alexandria, Virginia, who used his lunch hours to whittle from wood an alternative to the link and pin coupler in use at the time.
In 1893, satisfied that an automatic coupler could meet the demands of commercial railroad operations and, at the same time, be manipulated safely, the United States Congress passed the Safety Appliance Act decreeing the Janney coupler as the standard.
Its success in promoting switchyard safety was stunning. Between 1877 and 1887, approximately 38% of all railworker accidents involved coupling. That percentage fell as the railroads began to replace link and pin couplers with automatic couplers.
By 1902, only two years after the SAA's effective date, coupling accidents constituted only 4% of all employee accidents.
In absolute numbers, coupler-related accidents dropped from nearly 11,000 in 1892 to just over 2,000 in 1902, even though the number of railroad employees steadily increased during the decade.
When the Janney coupling was chosen to be the American standard, there were an amazing 8000 patented alternatives to choose from.
The only significant defect of the AAR (Janney) design is that sometimes the drawheads need to be manually aligned.
JANNEY COUPLER TYPES:
The E type couplers have an E-type head with a horizontal slot through which the draft or cross key passes. They are a common coupler used on hopper cars, box cars and flat cars.
The F-Type coupler has a larger head with interlock- ing wings on the side and the key opening is vertical requiring a pin to connect with the yoke. The F-type couplers are typically used on tank cars and coal cars.
The E/F design coupler uses an E type head with a vertical pin connection. It is typically used on flat cars with end of car cushioning units.
219 135 and 219 042 are standing at the area of the maintenance workshop Chemnitz. The bridge in foreground once connected the switchyard with the lines for Leipzig and Riesa. The switchyard and also the bridge do not exist any longer.
B/W neg digitized with Olympus EM1II.
50 3689 leaves Karl-Marx-Stadt Hilbersdorf marshalling yard with a local freight train bound for direction of Niederwiesa.
Scanned ORWO slide.
Alstom Corradia LINT of the NWB arriving at the Ganderkesee train station.
Ganderkesee once had more than only one track and a small switchyard. Some factories had also their own loading tracks in the nearby industrial area, such as "Raiffeisen", "Atlas" and "Stoppe Spedition". Those tracks a partly still there, but not connected to the railroad network anymore.
The station building was used as a Restaurant, but is currently empty. This route is now only being used by the NWB. The DB retreated a long time ago with their passenger and freight service, the private freight service followed shortly after.