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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.
Where Art Deco (1925) heads towards Modernist and eventual Brutalism. Built 1936. Designed by Charles Holden
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.
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A picturesque tall white-harled house on the north side of the junction between Back Causeway and The Cross in Culross (W FIfe), The Study dates from c.1610. This is said to be where Bishop Leighton of Dunblane (1611-84), who lived nearby in Bishop Leighton's House, composed his sermons. Built as a merchant's house, next to Culross Palace one of the finest in Culross, the building was acquired by the National Trust for Scotland in the 1930s. It was renovated by Ian G. Lindsay and Partners in 1959, winning a Civic Trust Award in 1962. The Study is now A-listed and is open to the public for guided tours.
The building is L-plan and comprises a three-storey main block, with a tower facing the street which rises higher. This contains a turnpike stair, with the upper stage corbelled out and containing the actual study. The orange pantiled roofs feature crow-stepped gables and catslide dormers. The windows to the front feature lattice leadwork and wooden shutters below, allowing the windows to open. Inside there are original fireplaces and timber panelling, while the beamed ceiling of the first-floor room is a reconstruction of the 1960s, brightly painted with fruit and flowers in homage to its 17th century forerunner.
10 years ago last week, an eastbound rack train departs Walbridge under the unique C&O signal setup at Turnpike with an SD70MAC on the point.
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
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
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
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
The village lies on the southern slopes of the Windrush valley, looking across to its sister village of Great Barrington that lies on the hilltop opposite.
Only local traffic needs to bother either village; the A44, the old Turnpike road between London, Cheltenham and South Wales runs along the crest of the valley above the village, leaving the settlements along the River Windrush in a picture-perfect time capsule.
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.
Strasburg 2-10-0 #90 leads the last train of the day over the Pumpkinville Turnpike on a beautiful February afternoon of opening weekend at Strasburg Railroad.
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.
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.
Postcard Oct 1 1955 opening of James W. Shocknessy Ohio Turnpike.241 miles. Autos, $3 all the way across. Wanna pass? Put some cash on the dash.
On October 8th, 2018, CSX signal crews converged on the former Chesapeake & Ohio mainline in northern Ohio to begin removing the classic C&O color light signals from service. By the end of the day, all the signals between W. E. Pemberville and Turnpike were either removed or bagged. The rest of the route to Fostoria is expected to be cut over within the coming weeks, marking the end of an era on what was easily one of the most identifiable and interesting class I mainlines in the midwest. In addition to the signals, original C&O telegraph lines still parallel the tracks all the way to Fostoria and continuing on toward Columbus, brining power to all the signals. It is currently unknown whether CSX plans to continue using it to power the new signals.
CP Turnpike was one of the most unique and most photographed locations on the line. This location lies at the south end of CSX's Walbridge Yard in Walbridge, Ohio, a major automotive terminal where brand new vehicles from Detroit are classified and sent out on trains destined for locations all over the eastern US. When the Ohio Turnpike bridge on which I am standing was built over the tracks, crews had difficulty seeing the signal as they approached this location from the south (railroad east), so the signals were lowed on the masts so that they could be seen from further away, which in turn created a unique looking arrangement on this cantilever with all searchlights.
In this image, rack train Q241 rolls under the now removed C&O signals at CP Turnpike as they depart Walbridge with a former Seaboard SD40-2 leading the way.