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Two additional photos of damaged wagons from the accident on November 10, 2022. This is the car from the Austrian train, where half of the side wall was torn off. Switzerland, November 11, 2022. (1/2)
Heute Natur-Park Schöneberger Südgelände
Berlin, Dezember 2013
Der 18 Hektar große Park erstreckt sich über die frühere Trasse der Anhalter und Dresdener Bahn, den westlichen Teil des ehemaligen Rangierbahnhofs Tempelhof (1889 angelegt und bis in die 1930 Jahre mehrfach erweitert) sowie das ehemalige Bahnbetriebswerk Tempelhof Rangierbahnhof (1931 aufgebaut).
Nach der endgültigen Schließung des Anhalter Bahnhofs im Mai 1952 wurden alle von dort ausgehenden Ferngleise abgebaut und die Westhälfte des Rangierbahnhofs Tempelhof stillgelegt. Lediglich die Osthälfte des Rangierbahnhofs wurde weiter genutzt und das Bahnbetriebswerk zum Sitz der Brückenmeisterei West der Deutschen Reichsbahn umfunktioniert.
Die Reichsbahn beendete 1993 endgültig ihre Nutzung des ehemaligen Bahnbetriebswerks. 1995 übereignete die Deutsche Bahn AG dem Senat das Gelände.
Der Ausbau zum Naturschutzgebiet und Park erfolgte in Regie der landeseigenen Grün Berlin Park und Garten GmbH. Im Frühjahr 1999 erlangte er Natur- und Landschaftsschutz. Er wurde symbolisch 1999 eröffnet und war im Jahr 2000 ein offizielles EXPO-Projekt.
Schoeneberger Suedgelaende Nature Park
Berlin, December 2013
Schoeneberger Suedgelaende ("Schoeneberg's Southern Area") is a public park (180,000 square meters) on the site of a former switchyard in the centre of Berlin.
After final closing of Anhalter Bahnhof in May 1952 all departing railway tracks were deconstructed and parts of the switchyard Tempelhof were put out of service. The remaining parts were used by the East German "Deutsche Reichsbahn".
Nature took over in the disused areas, and in 1995 the Deutsche Bahn handed the area over to the City of Berlin.
In 1999 the area opened as park and nature reserve and was a Worldwide Project of EXPO 2000.
Over the years a unique cultural landscape of untamed nature, the relics of old railway technology and modern art has evolved in the heart of Berlin.
The city of Bluefield, West Virginia is bisected by the Norfolk & Western (now Norfolk Southern) railroad tracks and facilities; which essentially form the industrial backbone of the city.
A switchyard and myriad facilities are to be seen here.
A track joint in a vacancy detection system. By applying a small voltage it is recognized whether a vehicle is standing on the track section. The insulated track is earthed by a wheel axle. This construction is on a little-used track with metal sleepers in the shunting yard. St. Margrethen, Switzerland, March 8, 2021.
For $10 you can get both Saturday and Sunday round trip travel to and from the city all the way out to Aurora if you like. Up to three children under age 11 ride free. Can't beat that....
Palmer, Alfred T.,, photographer.
Transmission towers in the switchyard of TVA's Chickamauga Dam, near Chattanooga, Tenn.
1942 June
1 transparency : color.
Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Subjects:
Tennessee Valley Authority
World War, 1939-1945
Dams
Hydroelectric power
Electric lines
United States--Tennessee
Format: Transparencies--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-36 (DLC) 93845501
General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a35252
Call Number: LC-USW36-346
Center shot: Gorsuch Generating Station Marietta Ohio. Former Union Carbide Corporation Inc. Metals Division Powerstation
Top L to R: Turbine floor north end, Control Room Main electrical control panels and benchboards, Control Room Auxiliary control panels, Stairway from the turbine floor to the Control Room showing the two large bay windows, Disconnect side of No. 1 and 2 Main Bus section 13.8KV switchgear, No. 1 Turbine, No. 3 Turbine showing Shaft Exciter, Turbine hand throttle, Array of stairs and assorted piping, 134 thousand volts, Switchyard 138/13.8KV Transformer number 1
This is a huge switch yard located near the airport we were landing at. I was amazed by it's size, the tracks extend well past the left side of the plane but since we were on approach I couldn't get a shot out the left side. It is never a good idea to bother the pilot when he is getting ready to land... This yard is just over 1 mile north of the St. Louis Downtown Airport in Cahokia Illinois. Dedicated to Tom "Lampy" the man who can make trains look sexy...
The loading ramp on the west side of station Buchs SG is still a wild and neglected spot between the station building and the storage buildings. It first appears on aerial photographs from 1971. The edge along the former track has a length about 60 m. In the middle there is a markedly heightened part. The rails has been removed between 2006 and 2007. Switzerland, April 11, 2020. (1/3)
The manufacturer's plate of the new H3 004-6 shunting locomotive in St. Margrethen. Switzerland, Oct 1, 2021. (3/3)
An Austrian shunting locomotive that regularly brings trains to Buchs SG. In November 2022, it pulled a train that was involved in an accident. Switzerland, January 12, 2024.
Nurek hydropower plant is Tajikistan's main source of power, producing over 70% of the nation's electricity.
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The turntable at station Buchs SG is probably from the time of the opening of the railway line in 1858. It is operated by hand. Of three former access tracks there is only one left. The loco shed on the right with four connections became a venue for theaters since 2012. To the front there were industrial tracks which are all cut off. Switzerland, March 12, 2019.
Steam crane: One of the last used by the German Federal Railroad, built after WWII by Krupp-Ardelt on the chassis of a railway gun.
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Fireless shunting locomotive on-hook was used in an industrial plant for switchyard duties.
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Nikon AF Nikkor 28-105mm 1:3.5-4.5D
DSC_3351 Anx2 1600h Q90
I've been trolling through my archives again. This one is from about 7 years ago. It's a detail shot of a restored Soo Line steam locomotive on display in Ashland, Wisconsin. "Decapod" refers to the 2-10-0 configuration of wheels. The locomotive was put in service between Minneapolis, Minn., and Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. In 1912 it was sent to work the ore docks in Superior, Wisc., and was renumbered 950. It worked the docks until ore operations ceased there in 1929. It was then transferred to Minneapolis/St. Paul for switchyard duties until 1942 when it came to Ashland to work the ore docks there. When steam operations ended in 1954 the engine was retired and in 1956 was donated to the City of Ashland.
Boldt converted the plant from being powered by coal to natural gas. The massive rebuild features the addition of four 225,000-lb./hr. natural gas/fuel oil package boilers and a 70,000-sq.-ft. plant expansion to accommodate the new boilers and additional equipment. Other project aspects include:
-Water treatment equipment installation.
-Upgrades to feed water and condensate collection systems.
-New air compressors.
-Upgrade to digital controls for both campus heating/cooling plants.
-Electrical system upgrades and additions.
-New 13.8KV switchyard .
-New 920,000-gallon fuel oil tank.
-Fire protection for the existing plant and expansion.
-New six-cell, 50,000-GPM cooling tower.
© The Boldt Company 2014.
The construction of the new shunting yard with the hump in Buchs began in 1953 with the earthworks and ended in 1960 with the commissioning of this signal box tower. This building is one of the first work of the SBB home architect Max Vogt (b 1925). He was chief architect of the SBB from 1957-1989. After that, the contracts were tendered to various architects from outside.
After the turn of the millennium, when was thought about closing down this signal box tower, they wanted to demolish the building. But this met with resistance, as the construction of Max Vogt has a historical significance. So only the tower was shut down and the new, fully automatic signal box installed 2006 in the lower part. This Siemens MSR32 will be operated remotely from Monday on, November 28, 2019 by the BZ Ost Kloten, sector Voralpen workplace Rheintal. Today the tower is unused and abandoned.
There are various rooms in this building, including office, stockrooms and toilet. I only shot photos of the interesting and railway-specific things. There are also some pictures of things in the immediate area. Let's take a look now at this almost 60-year-old installation. Switzerland, Oct 3, 2019. (1/26)
Pantograph up, locomotive on. When this sign is fold out, the electric locomotives are parked with lifted pantograph and switched on. This is the case in the cold season. The board is used only in the larger shunting yards, where often locomotives are parked over several days. It will prevent snow and ice from accumulating on the roof of the locomotive and make the machine unusable for the following service. But there is a problem. Heavy wet snow can push down the pantograph and then an arc occurs which damages the contact line. Switzerland, March 12, 2019.
The train with the rerailed car was pulled away by the LRZ. The destroyed side wall is still attached to the other train. The people with the sneakers are from ÖBB. Switzerland, November 10, 2022. (9/11)
After the laser beams leave the laser bays of the National Ignition Faciliity , they enter one of two 10-story steel structures known as the switchyards. Workers installed about 1,000 metric tons of steel to build the switchyard space frame structures. Each of the switchyard structures supports 24 laser light ducts that lead to the target chamber. The light ducts redirect beams in quads, or groups of four beams. Twenty-four quads travel to the upper hemisphere of the target chamber and 24 to the lower hemisphere, allowing uniform
illumination of the target.
Nurek hydropower plant is Tajikistan's main source of power, producing over 70% of the nation's electricity.
Video: Upgrading and Stabilizing Power Supply in Tajikistan
Project Result: Tajikistan Hydropower - Strengthening the Power Supply
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The 220 kV switchyard in Nurek hydropower plant. Nurek hydropower plant is Tajikistan's main source of power, producing over 70% of the nation's electricity.
Video: Upgrading and Stabilizing Power Supply in Tajikistan
Project Result: Tajikistan Hydropower - Strengthening the Power Supply
Read more on:
The 220 kV switchyard in Nurek hydropower plant. Nurek hydropower plant is Tajikistan's main source of power, producing over 70% of the nation's electricity.
Video: Upgrading and Stabilizing Power Supply in Tajikistan
Project Result: Tajikistan Hydropower - Strengthening the Power Supply
Read more on:
After the laser beams leave the laser bays of the National Ignition Faciliity, they enter one of two 10-story steel structures known as the switchyards. Workers installed about 1,000 metric tons of steel to build the switchyard space frame structures. Each of the switchyard structures supports 24 laser light ducts that lead to the target chamber. The light ducts redirect beams in quads, or groups of four beams. Twenty-four quads travel to the upper hemisphere of the target chamber and 24 to the lower hemisphere, allowing uniform
illumination of the target.
Turbines at the Nurek hydropower plant. Nurek hydropower plant is Tajikistan's main source of power, producing over 70% of the nation's electricity.
Video: Upgrading and Stabilizing Power Supply in Tajikistan
Project Result: Tajikistan Hydropower - Strengthening the Power Supply
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I took this picture in July 2002. Believe it or not parts of this substation have existed since 1915. The building once housed transformers and rotary frequency converters. During the late 1920s a 132-kv line was constructed to the sub from the Ozark Beach Powersite Dam. Later, a 154-kv line was run through this substation from Riverton to Ozark Beach. Today 161-kv lines make up the backbone of the Empire District Electric Company's transmission grid. The portion shown in this picture is the 69-kv switchyard. Recent (circa 2012) aerial photos of the substation suggest it has been modifed further.
This substation possesses the design characteristics of an OPPD 69kv switchyard and an REA type distribution sub. I took this picture in the early to mid-1990s. It has been significantly changed since then.
This older half of the two-block segment of the Las Cruces substation was removed a few years back. The other half is all newer.