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Turnpike Lake on a very foggy morning in Plainville, Massachusetts.
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Turnpike Lake on a foggy morning in Plainville, Massachusetts.
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A quartet of Big ALCO/MLWs leads a large cut of grain upgrade east of Dunmore. I never knew you could drive all the way in here, but this is ground level where 84/380 crosses the former Lackawanna high above in the Roaring Brook Gorge. Thanks to Biff for tipping us off to the "road" to get to this spot. The former Lackawanna mainline east of Scranton is still littered with signal bridges that speak to the line's former glory. While the traffic density will never return, it's hard to beat a quartet of Bigs making one helluva racket storming the grade.
*Better make sure you have good ground clearance on your vehicle and plenty of spare time to get in here. Thanks to my friend Dave Curtis for driving in here with his new Dodge Ram.
Western end of Ray’s Hill Tunnel on Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike near Breezewood, PA
Originally built in 1881 for trains, opened to vehicular traffic in 1940, and was bypassed in 1968
Pennsylvania Turnpike opened in 1940 including seven tunnels. By the late 1950s, the turnpike was so heavily used that traffic congestion demanded expansion of two-lane tunnels which causing a major problem at each tunnel, especially during the summer.
To reduce the traffic jams, a second tube was added to 4 tunnels as the less expensive option. For the other 3 tunnels, a bypass option was planned to relief more quickly and less expensively.
This is one of two tunnels on 13-mile (21 Km) bypassed section in 1968. This tunnel is 3,532 feet (1,076 m) long, the shortest of the original 7 tunnels. From the entrance, I was able to see a small light at the end of the other side. Bike or foot are allowed, no driving. This tunnel is 1.5-mile (2.4 Km) walking from Rt 30. The entire 1.5-mile old turnpike and tunnel have been heavily vandalized.
Where Art Deco (1925) heads towards Modernist and eventual Brutalism. Built 1936. Designed by Charles Holden
After waiting for Q200 to pull into the yard, K931 blasts off at Turnpike with a solo former Conrail SD50 in charge. The 2498 is one of the few remaining ex-Con EMD's to retain its marker lights. Visibility issues created by the construction of the turnpike here is the reason behind the unique signal configuration on the cantilever in the foreground.
Western end of Ray’s Hill Tunnel on Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike near Breezewood, PA
Originally built in 1881 for trains, opened to vehicular traffic in 1940, and was bypassed in 1968
Pennsylvania Turnpike opened in 1940 including seven tunnels. By the late 1950s, the turnpike was so heavily used that traffic congestion demanded expansion of two-lane tunnels which causing a major problem at each tunnel, especially during the summer.
To reduce the traffic jams, a second tube was added to 4 tunnels as the less expensive option. For the other 3 tunnels, a bypass option was planned to relief more quickly and less expensively.
This is one of two tunnels on 13-mile (21 Km) bypassed section in 1968. This tunnel is 3,532 feet (1,076 m) long, the shortest of the original 7 tunnels. From the entrance, I was able to see a small light at the end of the other side. Bike or foot are allowed, no driving. This tunnel is 1.5-mile (2.4 Km) walking from Rt 30. The entire 1.5-mile old turnpike and tunnel have been highly vandalized.
Q243 pulls out of Walbridge Yard and heads east down the former C&O toward Fostoria.
The signals here at Turnpike are a bit of an oddity. Mounted on a traditional C&O cantilever, the searchlight signals are required because of the proximity of the Ohio Turnpike overpass, which is behind us.
1957 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser
The Mercury Turnpike Cruiser is a series of automobiles that were produced by the Mercury division of Ford for the 1957 and 1958 model years. Named to commemorate the creation of the Interstate Highway System, the Turnpike Cruiser was marketed as the flagship Mercury model line, slotted above the Montclair.
The Turnpike Cruiser was produced as a luxury two-door and a four-door hardtop sedan. During the 1957 model year, a convertible, called the Convertible Cruiser, was offered on a limited basis, which served as a pace car for the Indianapolis 500 auto race. Mercury fitted the Turnpike Cruiser with a wide variety of advanced features for the time of its production, including a retractable rear window marketed as the "Breezeway", compound-curve windshield, mechanical pushbutton transmission controls and a trip computer.
In total, 23,268 examples of the Turnpike Cruiser were produced over two years. Mercury discontinued the Turnpike Cruiser for the 1958 model year, phasing its content into the Park Lane product line.
For 1957, the Turnpike Cruiser was fitted with a 368 cubic-inch, 290 hp V8. Sharing its name with the car, the engine was offered as an option across the rest of the Mercury line. For 1958, two all-new "Marauder" engines were introduced: a 383 cubic-inch, 330 hp V8 was standard (and shared with the Montclair and Colony Park); and a 430 cubic-inch, 360 hp (shared with the Park Lane). An optional triple-two barrel carburetor "Super Marauder" version of the 430 V8 produced 400 hp. Exclusive to Mercury, the Super Marauder was the first factory-produced engine with a 400 hp output, a response to the 375/390 hp 1957 Chrysler 300C.
While sharing much of its body with the Montclair, the Turnpike Cruiser was distinguished by several exterior design features. Although not legalized across the entire United States until 1958, "Quadri-Beam" dual headlamps were fitted as standard equipment, the only 1957 Mercury to do so, as well as one of very few cars from that year to be equipped as such. For states that still mandated single headlights, a standard setup was used. In place of contrasting paint, the scalloped tailfins were gold-anodized. Along with its retractable "Breezeway" rear window, the Turnpike Cruiser received a separate roofline, with a windshield curving into the roof. The windshield was among the first to use tint to reduce solar glare.
With his pickup at Walbridge Yard complete, eastbound autorack train Q243-16 pulls onto the former C&O mainline at Turnpike. The searchlight signals on the cantilever are one of a kind, but blend well with all of the other C&O flavor here.
The Marlow Obelisk is a Grade II listed stone landmark located in the Market Square (at the top of the High Street) in Marlow.
Erected in September 1822 by the Trustees of the Hatfield and Reading Road it acts as a mile marker to local towns.
The Hatfield and Reading Turnpike, nicknamed the Gout Track, was an English turnpike road created in the 1760s to provide a route that connected the Great North Road (the modern A1) with the Holyhead Road (A5) and the Bath Road (A4). It had the advantage that it made it possible for travellers to avoid congested London and was shorter in distance. In 1881 it was one of the last of the turnpikes to have its tolls removed
One the tunnels on the PA Turnpike, seen at speed.
Stay tuned for pics from an abandoned turnpike tunnel.
Nikon D610 & NIkkor 24-70mm f/2.8 AFS @ f/5
I was shooting a CP close to London when I heard RTC talking to M394 about meeting a westbound west of London. With the help of someone whom had access to ATCS, I was able to make it to McLeod Interlocking just before the train. When I learned why the signal set-up here looked so unique I was reminded of CP Turnpike on the CSX Pemberville Sub. Similar to CSX Turnpike and its relation to Interstate 80/90, CN lowered the heads here at McLeod when the Adelaide Street overpass was completed many years ago to increase sight lines for crews.
When this train rounded the curve I was surprised and saddened to see the trio of cowls DIT likely going for scrap. I was particularly sad to see BCOL 4615 as just a few years ago I chased it solo on the Flint Sub with Colt Jeffries.
Train: CN M394 with CN 3274 (ET44AC), CN 2946 (ES44AC), CN 5712 (SD75I), BCOL 4621 (C40-8M), CN 2406 (C40-8M), BCOL 4615 (C40-8M), and mid DPU CN 2908 (ES44AC).
Dundas Subdivision
London, ON
Seen from the middle of a corn field, Strasburg 90 is crossing over the Pumpkinville Turnpike on the return trip to East Strasburg.
As 52 returns from Hazens, it parallels the Turnpike Road in Jefferson, NH. The sun broke through the clouds literally seconds before they came by. The weather today was typical New England. Snow one minute, then the next, it was sunny.
CSX K596-10 with a SD40-3 / SD40-2 combo on the point is heading east through Turnpike after waiting on a Q150-11 coming west to cross over in front of it. Walbridge, OH 12/11/2020
Doubling back to their train, Q384 ducks under the now gone signal at Turnpike. The arrangement of the signal here is unique, the heads were lowered so that crews could see their signal under the Ohio turnpike overpass. Sights like this are just a memory as this control point and others fell to replacements in mid 2019.
W860-25 rolls east under the C&O signals at Turnpike with a classic pair on the point.
The 8823 and 8533 are the power for this out of the ordinary train. A buffer car and 18 LPG loads from Flint, MI to Linden, NJ is what the train consists of and dusk begins to settle in.
Cwm George & Casehill Woods comprises four distinct woodlands: Cwm George Wood, Casehill Wood, Pen-y-Turnpike Wood, and Casehill Meadows. These woodlands blend planted ancient semi-natural woodland with more recent native planting.
CSXT 8790 throttles out of Walbridge Yard, leading G639 under the unique C&O cantilever at CP Turnpike. The control point is aptly named due to its close proximity to I-90. Due to that, the signal heads were lowered, allowing northbounds to view the signal without the I-90 bridge obstructing it.
Heading west through Boston along Interstate 90 on a bright sunny, blue-sky kind of day (with some white/gray clouds mixed in).
It appeared that there may have been a fire at a turnpike maintenance building, just East of Strongsville, OH. There were several engines, and ambulances surrounding the building. Couldn't get any good shots up the driveway though.
The red sandstone bridge over the River Eamont, near Brougham Castle, was built in 1813. The bridge, near Penrith, was built to carry the Penrith-Appleby turnpike road over the River Eamont, and is located on the former boundary between Westmorland and Cumberland. The bridge is Grade II listed.
The village lies on the old route from Banbury to Stratford-upon-Avon over the steep drop of Edge Hill.
In the 1750's this route was turnpiked, the new road by-passing the small tucked away villages of the area, leaving them, even today in sleepy idyllic solitude.