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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Cincinnati, OH in July 1977
On July 27, 1977 Dad shot B&O SW1200 9621 (to IHRC 221) working the yard at Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Erwin, TN in July 1974
On July 2, 1974 Dad shot Clinchfield GP38 2008 (to SBD 6279, to CSX 2188, to UP GP38-3 2409, to UP 909, to KCS 909) at Erwin, Tennessee.
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A steam locomotive pulling a passenger train from the Darjeeling train station (India)
The locomotive is configured backward on this train (it is going towards the left on the photo). Not that it makes a big difference, since those locomotives can be used equally in either direction.
View more photos of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway.
The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, locally known as the "Toy Train", is a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railway that runs between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling (India). It is still operated by vintage British-built B Class steam locomotives. Operations between Siliguri and Kurseong have been temporarily suspended since 2010 following a Landslide at Tindharia (view photos of the landslide).
For more info about the DHR steam locomotives, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DHR_778_(locomotive) and www.irfca.org/docs/locolists/dhr-locos-full.html.
For more information about the Darjeeling Steam-powered Train, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling_Himalayan_Railway.
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100% unimportant travel-bloggy babble:
I left Istanbul at 10pm and was supposed to arrive in Belgrad the following evening, but our train was apparently supposed to get hooked up to another train in Sofia... where we arrived 1 h late, and missed the connection. (Could it have anything to do with the 3 superstrict passport controls conducted on the way out of (and into, FYI...) Turkey?!?!?!?! :p ) We were stranded for HOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUURS. I was like... "Just as well, I didn't know where to sleep in Belgrad anyway." I now got another night in a train compartment for free, at least. :)
This compartment was shared with a Belgrad chick, who asked me to keep her company while she explored Sofia cuz she figured she'd get lost. Turned out there wasn't much to see around the station so we sat on a bench most of the day. Belgrad chick spent much time writing some application on her laptop and I would have read 2000000 pages of Dennett, but it's hard to concentrate with someone next to you. %P So I mostly sat around popping peanuts & staring at signs, picking up the meaning of some Cyrillic letters. Yey. :| (Largely forgotten now, though obviously not the backwards N. :q )
Belgrad chick spoke excellent English and could communicate pretty well with the (possibly English-less) Bulgarian station staff too, so she may have saved my ass by finding out when and where our train would be standing once it was ready to depart again. :p At least I had learned to read "Belgrad" and "platform" by then. *getz gold star frm teachrr* We got there around 4am the next day.
As boring as the Sofia wait was for me, I could not possibly wish the stranding hadn't happened because then I wouldn't have taken the handful of coolish photos I were to take during the rest of the trip.
... I would presumably have taken a handful of OTHER coolish photos. What would they have shown? HOSHIT -
My next main goal on the Interrail trip was Split, Croatia, but I would first make a detour to Austria...
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Steam Locomotive -#788 "Tusker" sharing the street with cars in Darjeeling (India)
The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway narrow gauge tracks are sharing the road with car traffic on the entire length of the narrow mountain road between Siliguri and Darjeeling (78 kilometres / 48 mi). So this is a pretty common sight along National Highway 55.
View more photos of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway.
The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, locally known as the "Toy Train", is a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railway that runs between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling (India). It is still operated by vintage British-built B Class steam locomotives. Operations between Siliguri and Kurseong have been temporarily suspended since 2010 following a Landslide at Tindharia (view photos of the landslide).
For more info about the DHR steam locomotives, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DHR_778_(locomotive) and www.irfca.org/docs/locolists/dhr-locos-full.html.
For more information about the Darjeeling Steam-powered Train, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling_Himalayan_Railway.
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Scanned 35mm Print
Photo from the collection of my Dad, Jay T. Thomson; Max Miller photo
PM 0-8-0 242 working the yard at Saginaw, Michigan on August 16, 1946.
On February 25, 2016. Nevada Northern 2-8-0 93 was built by Alco in 1909. It sits just outside the shop where it has been undergoing a serious overhaul and is almost ready to go back in service.
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Canon EFS 75-300mm lens
Reproduced 35mm Slide
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Corbin, KY c. 1977
Circa 1977, Dad shot Scotia RS2 1051 (ex-A&S 1051, xx-A&S 52, nee-URR 607) with an L&N slug in the L&N yard at Corbin, Kentucky.
Reproduced 35mm Slide
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Morley, TN in January 1977
On January 28, 1977 Dad shot L&N U30C 1497 (to SBD 1497, to SBD 7227, to CSX 7227) at Morley, Tennessee.
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in July 2009
On July 25, 2009 Dad shot CSX SD50-2 2483 (ex-CSX SD50 8652, nee-CR 6725) on the point of a northbound ballast train sitting in the Etowah, TN yard.
Canon PowerShot A570IS
Canadian Pacific SD40-2 5989 sitting in the Harvey, ND yard November 19, 2007.
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Canon EFS 18-55mm lens
Reproduced 35mm Slide
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Monroe, LA in June 1983.
Illinois Central Gulf GP38-2 9632 (the "John F. Wallace") sits between assignments at Monroe, Louisiana on June 3, 1983.
Scanned 35mm Print
Photo from the collection of my Dad, Jay T. Thomson; Max Miller Photo
NYC F7A 1791 (to PC 1791, to CR 1791) and 1 more F lead a freight through Marion, Indiana on September 9, 1969.
Reproduced 35mm Slide
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in Oct. 1987
Sometime in October 1987 Dad shot CSX GP40 6748 (ex-SBD 6748, xx-SBD 1593, nee-SCL 1593, to KCS GP40-3 4757, to KCS 2847), B30-7 5533 (ex-C&O 8251) & B30-7 5525 (ex-C&O 8243) at Etowah, Tennessee.
Reproduced 35mm Slide
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Houston, TX in May 1983
On May 30, 1983 Dad shot SP GP35 6587 (ex-SP 7475) at Houston, Texas.
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Steam locomotive -#782 "Mountaineer" is parked at the Darjeeling Train Station.
View more photos of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway.
The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, locally known as the "Toy Train", is a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railway that runs between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling (India). It is still operated by vintage British-built B Class steam locomotives. Operations between Siliguri and Kurseong have been temporarily suspended since 2010 following a Landslide at Tindharia (view photos of the landslide).
For more info about the DHR steam locomotives, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DHR_778_(locomotive) and www.irfca.org/docs/locolists/dhr-locos-full.html.
For more information about the Darjeeling Steam-powered Train, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling_Himalayan_Railway.
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BNSF SD70ACe 9223 and ES44AC 6274 on the point of a long string of loaded coal hoppers, eastbound out of eastern Wyoming's Powder River Basin on the morning of November 11, 2008. To the north, in the distance, storm clouds gather and soon it will start to snow.
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Tamron 75-300mm lens
Reproduced 35mm Slide
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in March 1986
On March 18, 1986, Dad shot SBD SD50 8613 (to CSX 8613, to CSX SD50-2 8613, to CSX SD50-3 8613) at Etowah, Tennessee.
A trio of Montana Rail Link SD70ACe helpers roll back down hill after helping a westbound BNSF unit grain train over Bozeman Pass. This trio is on the outskirts of Livingston, MT and will soon enter the Livingston yard and hook up with the westbound Laurel-Pasco manifest to help it over the Pass. All in a day's work for MRL's big ACes.
September 28, 2008.
MRL SD70ACe 4314, 4315 & 4312.
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Canon EFS 18-55mm lens
Reproduced 35mm Slide
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Cincinnati, Ohio in July 1977
On July 27, 1977 Dad found B&O NW2 9533 (ex-B&O 581) idling between assignments at Cincinnati, Ohio
Plymouth ML-8
This Plymouth ML-8 was built in 1943 as US Army 7625. It later was used by the Atomic Energy Commission and then the U.S. Department of Energy, both at Kirkland Air Force Base in Albuquerue, NW. In 1991 it was acquired by Coastal Transportation in Seattle, WA.
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in May 2013
On May 26, 2013, Dad shot CSX F40PH-2 9993 (ex-AMTK F40PHR 395) at Etowah, Tennessee.
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Reproduced 35mm Slide
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Dossett, TN in Aug. 1982.
Sometime in August of 1982, Dad shot SOU GP30 2578, N&W GP9 865, another N&W unit and another SOU unit leading an eastbound freight over the L&N main line at Dossett, Tennessee.
Reproduced 35mm Slide
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Corbin, KY in Feb. 1996
On February 11, 1996, Dad shot CSX SD40-2 8423 (ex-WM SD40 7572, nee-WM 7472) at Corbin, Kentucky.
Reproduced 35mm Slide
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Emory Gap, TN in Nov. 1978
On November 4, 1978, Dad shot SOU GP38 2742 (to NS 2742, to IORY 3002, to DGNO GP38-3 3802, to CORP 3802, to CEFX 3802) at Emory Gap, Tennessee.
Reproduced 35mm Slide
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Pioneer, TN in April 1984
On April 26, 1984, Dad shot SOU SD40-2 3269 (to NS 3269), SD40 3193 (to NS 3193) & 1 more EMD as midtrain slaves on a unit coal train at Pioneer, Tennessee
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Patty, TN in Feb. 1987
Sometime in February of 1987 Dad shot CSX U30B 5362 (ex-C&O 8234) leading a northbound business train at Patty, Tennessee.
Reproduced 35mm Slide
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Somerset, KY in June 1979
On June 17, 1979, Dad shot SOU SD35s 3021 & 3032 and SD40-2 3215 (to NS 3215) leading a freight train at Somerset, Kentucky.
Reproduced 35mm Slide
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in July 1978
A roster shot of N&W SD45 1792 sitting at the L&N engine facilities in Etowah, TN on July 30, 1978.
Reproduced 35mm Slide
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in July 1979
On July 13, 1979, Dad shot L&N SD40 1233 (to SBD 8309, to CSX 8309, to CSX SD40-2 4601) in fresh Family Lines paint at Etowah, Tennessee.
Northern Pacific 4-6-0 1382 built by Baldwin sits in a park next to the old NP (now Montana Rail Link) depot. She's in pretty good shape and it's clear that someone takes care of her. She needs a little paint, but otherwise she looks good.
Canon EOS 350D Digital Rebel XT
Canon EFS 18-55mm lens
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CFWR GP10 103 (ex-MTNR 103, xx-MTNR 8294, xxx-IC 8294, nee-C&O GP7 5816) at the engine shops in McMinnville, Tennessee on January 31, 2013. The crew working in the yard on this day gave me permission to shoot on company property.
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Reproduced 35mm Slide
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Knoxville, TN in June 1985
On June 30, 1985, Dad shot SOU SW1500 2300 (to NS 2300) at Knoxville, Tennessee.
Reproduced 35mm Slide
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Hazard, KY in March 1979
On March 5, 1979, Dad shot L&N C420 1310 at Hazard, Kentucky.
UP AC4460CW 7325 and SD70ACe 8585 in the CP yard at St. Paul, Minnesota on January 29, 2013. Shot from through the window of my coach as I rode the eastbound Empire Builder.
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Canon EFS 18-55mm lens
Reproduced 35mm Slide
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in July 1986
On July 5, 1986, Dad found SBD GP38-2 6043 (ex-L&N 6043, to CSX 2694) at Etowah, Tennessee.
Reproduced 35mm Slide
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in April 1995
On April 25, 1995 Dad found SP B30-7 7813 in the CSX yard at Etowah, Tennessee.
Scanned 35mm Print
Photo from the collection of my Dad, Jay T. Thomson; Max Miller photo
ATSF 4-6-4 3454 at Emeryville, California on July 26, 1950.
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A worker is doing some maintenance work on the right cylinder of steam locomotive -#791 in the Darjeeling train yard.
View more photos of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway.
The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, locally known as the "Toy Train", is a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railway that runs between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling (India). It is still operated by vintage British-built B Class steam locomotives. Operations between Siliguri and Kurseong have been temporarily suspended since 2010 following a Landslide at Tindharia (view photos of the landslide).
For more info about the DHR steam locomotives, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DHR_778_(locomotive) and www.irfca.org/docs/locolists/dhr-locos-full.html.
For more information about the Darjeeling Steam-powered Train, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling_Himalayan_Railway.
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Alco RSD-16 Diesel Electric Train Engine - Línea San Martín - LSM (Palermo, Buenos Aires)
It's called as Alco RSD-16 by many local train lovers though there is no information about this locomotive in Alco's production manuals. Its appearance is very similar to the Alco RSD-12, and also MLW RSD-14.
Raúl Alejandro Rodríguez wrote:
The ALCO RSD-16 was an export model. It was basically an RSD-12 but with 6 axles and a four stroke diesel engine (the 1800 HP Alco 251). The Alco locomotives where acquired in 1957 and (among other lines) where put in service in the suburban section of the Ferrocarril General San Martín. But by the seventies they where supplemented with the General Motors GM EMD GT-22 locomotives (2200 HP two strokes diesel engines). Most of them where built under license by Astarsa in Argentina. From some 10 years ago also a few second hand ex Renfe series 319 Alcos were seen in front of those suburban trains. By now there are no GM nor Alcos as they were all replaced by new Chinese locomotives CSR SDD7.- Note that the Alco locomotives are taller than the GMs and that the GMs are longer than the Alcos. The GMs have the cabin in one end of the locomotive as the Alcos have the cabin not in the middle but near one end so they have one long hood and other shorter. This photo (PHOTO ID 478407) is a good shot of the two types of locomotives (left the GM and right the ALCO) in the colours of Linea San Martín.
For more information about ALCO, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Locomotive_Company
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The Nebraska Zephyr nears the "Have A Happy Day" bridge in Rock Island Illinois. My brother Robby took a similiar picture. For more info on the bridge see Roadside America:
Scanned 35mm Print
Photo from the collection of my Dad, Jay T. Thomson; Max Miller photo
Arkansas, Louisiana and Missouri 4-6-0 #1 at Monroe, Arkansas sometime in October of 1959.
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in August 2013
On August 17, 2013, Dad shot CSX yard slug 1022 (ex-C&O GP9 6214) at Etowah, Tennessee.
Canon PowerShot A570IS
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway
Chesterton, Indiana
Date: 1908
Source Type: Postcard
Publisher, Printer, Photographer: Ernest G. Atkins
Postmark: October 13, 1909, Porter, Indiana
Collection: Steven R. Shook
Remark: The water in the in-track water tank was scooped up by the passing train. These particular tanks were located just east of the present day crossing on Calumet Road.
These track pans were originally located at Burdick, five miles east of Chesterton. They were first used at Burdick in May 1893. just prior to the opening of the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The pans were 1,400 feet long and rains could scoop up the water at a speed up to 40 mph. Initially not heated, the track pans had to be closed in the winter; heaters were installed during the winter of 1897-98. In 1907, the track pans were moved to Chesterton where they remained until the end of steam power.
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The following news item was published in the July 26, 1906, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
RAILWAY NOTES
The Lake Shore Company Will Make Many Changes Here Before the Summer is Over.
The Lake Shore railway is contemplating some extensive changes in improvements on their right of way through Chesterton. As soon as the bridge gang gets through with the Bailleytown [sic, Baillytown] bridge they pill [sic, will] come up here and put in a water trough in both the tracks, just east of the Coffee creek bridge. The trough will be a mile long and will be made of cement and concrete, and all trains of every description will take water without stopping. The pump house, it is said, will be moved to a point almost opposite the paint factory and the water tank will also be taken down and a much larger one built near the pumping station site. Unusually heavy rails have been laid on the east-bound track and the west-bound track will be fitted out with like material.
It is understood that the company has placed orders for a large number of freight engines, much heavier than those now in use, and nearly all freight trains will be made through freights. It is thought that when the new engines are placed in commission on this division the pusher engine will be put out of commission.
The moving of the pumping station away from the road crossing is a move that will please the farmers who have come to town over this crossing, as the plant as it is now located obstructs the view of the tracks from the east altogether, and up to the time a watchman was placed there was a very dangerous place. With the buildings removed a clear view of the tracks can be had for over a mile in each direction.
The bridge being built at Baillytown is of the very latest design, and is expressly built for the heavier thrains [sic, trains] that the company is putting on. In the event that the company four-tracked its right of way the abutments can be easily extended and the additional track put on.
The company last week erected several sheds just north of the organ factory to house their Italian help who will do all the heavy work on these improvements., quite a number being here now unloading stone and other material for the erection of the water trough.
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The following news item was published in the August 2, 1906, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
LOCAL NEWS OF THE WEEK
The Lake Shore company is building several shanties across Coffee creek to be occupied by about two hundred Italians who are coming here to put in the water troughs and build the new pumping station. The work train is at work unloading crushed stone along the right of way for the troughs and work will begin in a few days. It is said the company expects to spend $80,000 on their property here this season, and whether this includes a new depot or not has not been given out. The citizens sincerely hope that a part of this amount will be expended in new buildings, as they are badly needed.
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The following news item was published in the August 2, 1906, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
LAKE SHORE IMPROVEMENTS
Work is Progressing Rapidly with a Large Force of Men at Work.
Work Being Done by the Austrians in Camp East of the Bridge, Who will be Here till Cold Weather.
Work on the improvements underway by the Lake Shore Railway company in Chesterton is progressing rapidly. The workmen are building the foundations for the new pumping station just opposite from the paint factory, all the work being finished in concrete and is very substantially built. Work in the water trough in the tracks will commence as soon as the foundations are finished for the pumphouse. A gang is at work now putting in the strengthening work under the tracks to permit the necessary excavations for the trough. A number of tunnel stations are being built along the right of way and all pipes will be laid in cement tunnels, so that at all times they will be accessible for repair work without digging around the through proper.
The work being done principally by the Austrians, in a camp east of the bridge. A visit to the camp will surprise the average individual, as a place of this kind is usually a filthy and unwholesome one. Not here, however. The cullinary [sic] department in charge of Louis Ziapirh, as head chef, and the kitchen and dining room is as clean and neat as any kitchen in town. Long tables extend on each side of the building with a row of benches on each side. The tables and seats are as clean as soap and water will make them, and the dishes and cooking utensils are in like shape. The next building is used for sleeping quarters, and the bunks are placed crosswise the full length of the building, each man having a bunk for themselves. These men buy all their provisions from our merchants, and they want and will use only the best to be had. Their meat bill alone amounts to about $25 per week, and is delivered fresh for each meal. They have built an underground cellar between the two buildings, and this is well stocked with eatables and drinkables of every description. There are about fifty men in the camp, and are a well behaved and orderly crowd and no complaint has been heard from or about them by anyone.
Every day is laundry day at the camp, each individual doing his own laundry work, and the wire fence along the right of way is used as a clothes line and is usually covered with drying clothing.
The men expect to remain here until cold weather sets in and possibly will remain all winter, as the work under way cannot be completed by that time with the present force.
The concrete work is of very substantial nature, all the walls being two feet thick, reinforced with iron rods throughout. The pumping station will be about 25x75 feet, two stories. The pumps will be located in the lower room, which will be below the road grade, and the boiler room will be on a grade with the roadway. The buildings are set back far enough to permit an additional track when tha [sic] company gets around to laying their fourth track, which will undoubtedly be in the near future.
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The following news item appears in the October 25, 1906, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
CHESTERTON ITEMS.
The improvements the Lake Shore company is putting along their right of way in Chesterton are rapidly approaching completion and it will be but a short time till the work is finished. The pump house is finished and nearly all pipe connections have been put in place, and next week they expect to put up the boilers and pump, and it will be bit a short time till all trains will take water without stopping. Water plugs have been put in near the pump house and those trains that do take water from them will not block the crossing in town, thus doing away with a nuisance that has long been a danger to people using this crossing. All improvements are being made on a large scale and the facilities are sufficient to supply double the number of trains now running with water, and it will undoubtedly be several generations before other improvements will have to be made in this direction at this station and by that time all trains will undoubtedly be running by electricity, and there will be no need of pumping stations.
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The following news item appears in the December 13, 1906, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
LOCAL NEWS OF THE WEEK
The improvements being made east of here on the Lake Shore are rapidly assuming tangible shape now. A hand some brick building has been erected for the pumping station, and this week the water tank is being built. The water trough will soon be in operation, and the men are working on the job every day, including Sundays. The cost of the improvement is estimated at $80,000. The common labor on the job is being done principally by Italians who live in boarding shanties which have been erected long the right of way.
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The following news item was published in the December 12, 1907, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
TROUGHS ARE COSTLY
LAKE SHORE AND MICHIGAN SOUTHERN SPENDS FORTUNE SAVING TIME.
Water Troughs Enable Trains to Travel Long Distances Without Stops or Delays.
More than $1,000,000 has been spent by the Lake Shore this year to enable trains to take water between Buffalo and Chicago without stopping. This Vanderbilt line now has eleven places between those cities at which water may be scooped by the passenger trains traveling at from forty to seventy-five miles an hour. Every fifty miles troughs have been built between the rails. Each trough is 2,000 feet long and costs over $100,000 to install.
"If it were not for the necessary station stops," said D. C. Moon, assistant general manager of the Lake Shore, "a train could be run from Buffalo to Chicago, 525 miles, without stopping." A few do make 183 miles now.
"The extremely high cost of the troughs is due to several causes. Ground must be excavated from six to eight feet. The bottom is first filled with large stones and smaller stones are used nearing the top. Fine broken pebbles finish the subgrade under the track ties. This is to insure a perfectly level track both winder and summer, as so much water is thrown out of the troughs when scooping that the ground becomes soft in warm weather and freezes in cold weather.
"The water is supplied by gravity from large tanks. The water must be warmed through a boiler in the winter to prevent freezing in the troughs. The supply pipes are large and are equipped with automatic valves which shut off the supply when the trough is filled."
Sources:
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; July 26, 1906; Volume 23, Number 17, Page 1, Column 6.
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; August 2, 1906; Volume 23, Number 18, Page 5, Column 4. Column titled "Local News of the Week."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; September 6, 1906; Volume 23, Number 23, Page 1, Column 3. Column titled "Lake Shore Improvements."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; October 25, 1906; Volume 23, Number 30, Page 4, Column 5. Column titled "Chesterton Items."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; December 13, 1906; Volume 23, Number 37, Page 5, Column 4. Column titled "Local News of the Week."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; December 12, 1907; Volume 24, Number 37, Page 1, Column 3. Column titled "Troughs are Costly. Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Spends Fortune on Saving Time."
McLellan, David, and Bill Warrick. 1989. The Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway. Polo, Illinois: Transportation Trails. 208 p. [see p. 152]
Copyright 2009. Some rights reserved. The associated text may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of Steven R. Shook.
Franco Railroad Contractors, Inc. logo on a hood panel of Franco Railroad Contractors DE10 (unknown #) at the World Museum of Mining in Butte, Montana on 10 April 2014.
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Waitresses and crew of Schafer Brothers Logging Company 2-6-2 side-tank locomotive no. 10, n.d.
Photographer:
Kinsey, Clark
Subjects (LCSH):
Waitresses--Washington (State)--Grays Harbor County
Locomotive engineers--Washington (State)--Grays Harbor County
Locomotive firemen--Washington (State)--Grays Harbor County
Logging--Washington (State)--Grays Harbor County
Digital Collection:
Clark Kinsey Photographs
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Item Number: CKK0731
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