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A couple of Montana Rail Link GP35s are switching at Logan, as they work the Harrison turn. Meanwhile, the truckers bring in the grain for the storage silos for trans-shipment.
An old switcher sits abandoned at the Carrie Furnace site near Braddock, Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh). This switcher was utilized to bring in raw material to the ore yard.
A gorgeous October day sees a switcher out of Martin heading up the Utah mainline to the Wild Cat Oil Load-Out. The lead locomotive SD40 CEFX 3103 exCP 5566 was built in 1966.
The bridge the train has just crossed once spanned the Rio Grande branch to the coal mines near Standardville. Just beyond the bridge was Jacobs where the Utah Railway's own Standardville branch departed from the mainline. The branch was built on a steep 3.9% grade for 3.6 miles......
I love hexies, but after about an hour I need a break. Then I choose fabrics or assemble a block for the Little Schoolhouse quilt.
...Switch sim will be gone at the end of December -- such good memories of this place -- it is a great place to take photos....
In the earlier years of the electric industry, it was not uncommon to have insulated switching platforms so the lineman could be sure they were isolated from ground when throwing the switch.
Over the years, the switch designs improved to where it was all but impossible to get a shock while working the switch, so these have fallen by the wayside. Seems this one had the slats added so one's feet couldn't slip to the side, important if trying to work the switch after an ice storm.
The company eventually took this platform away and put down a modern corrugated steel 'stair tread' plate in its place.
...Switch sim will be gone at the end of December -- such good memories of this place -- it is a great place to take photos....
On a sunny afternoon, the BNSF Chewelah Turn switches Western Forest Products in Arlington. BNSF 3009 was on point for the run south, one of the last BN painted locomotives in the Delta Yard power pool. Arlington, WA 8/10/2023
After switching a couple of customers along the BNSF Ft. Scott Sub between 30th St. and Rosedale, BNSF train Y-KCM1911-16I, which is based at the former Frisco 19th St. Yard in the West Bottoms, begins shoving back home on Main Track 2, but they'll have to hold for a bit until the train ahead of them, BNSF train H-TULGAL3-13A, finishes its crew change at 30th St and gets moving out of town.
A former Santa Fe GP50, now a GP25, is the power for the 191 Job, and on the other end is an appropriate Santa Fe Waycar being used as a shoving platform. 4/16/24.
Was driving on Junction Ave and caught the North San Jose switch job switching Univar. It was setting out a new string of tank cars. Power UPY 619 and UP 637,
I've seen this little guy sitting on an industrial spur outside of Brunswick a few times. This time I stopped and shot it.
-RCC SW1200 #1211
-Along US 24, Brunswick, MO
-May 7, 2022
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A wet and muddy morning and a few mills. An early start with a short drive to explore with Martyn, Camerashy - uk and MkWil.
Tone Mills is a complete water-powered cloth finishing works, established by the Fox Brothers and Co at the confluence of the River Tone and the Back Stream and dates from 1830. The remains of the water wheel remain in-situ and so too do all the line shafting and gearing. The Mill later had an electric motor installed to supplement the water-wheel during times of drought, although the water wheel continued to be used for many decades after. Put simply the mill comprises of a number of key areas to accommodate the various stages of production: A Fulling area, where wet cloth was dried, scoured, cleaned and milled to the desired finish. A dying room, adjacent to the fulling area which specialised in producing an indigo colouring. Reservoirs and Sluice gates, to manage the flow of water into the wheel chamber. The wheel chamber and a later power house.
The associated machinery for all the stages of production are all in-situ, making it an industrial archaeologists paradise.
The works finally closed in 2000 and production was moved to a more contemporary location. The buildings and machinery are Grade II* listed.
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