We're looking north on the NS main and in this era there are no industrial spurs within a mile that I know of, nor could the NS main have been shifted that much. There might have been a siding to the right long ago. I suppose that the spur might have crossed the SOU main before making a connection with it or to connect with the ACL's line 1/2 mile away. The whole scene is quite bizarre.
Can't say for sure. Sure looks like it though! Might have to ask, maybe someone at the CRRM would know for sure.
CP New Town job refuels at Max, ND. Eastbound CP stacks storm past at 60mph near MP479 west of Burlington, ND.
Two questions. How were they refueling? A truck delivery, I am guessing? And, what was the donor unit to create what we see here?
Truck is on the shaded side. Local farmers union oil. Those are SD30-ECO units. Not sure of their heritage. The trailing unit is an SD60.
SD30C-ECOs were former SD40-2 units, stripped to the frame, rebuilt with 3000hp 12-710 engines, microprocessors, sturdier cab and fuel tanks, the whole nine yards. Great looking rebuilds that keep the handsome EMD look.
This seems to happen a lot in Texas. The wild waters of the Canadian River at 'Posey's Hole' had given the Katy Railroad infinite trouble over the years. Here a Katy work train holds the bridge down during a flood at the turn of the century. From the collection of Sloane Gallery in Houston.
How was this train able to get caught by flooding ?? I don't think flooded river's level can raise in a wink, indeed ! Dom
Dom, In a flash flood, that very thing is completely possible. Cool shots, Russ! Eastbound grain empties split the signals at MP12.4. A strobe setup with a friend captures the reflective lettering on a BNSF hopper during this 32 sec time exposure.
Many times when a rivers like the Brazos, Trinity, San Marcos, Colorado etc. flood, they flow out onto the flat terrain and form massive "lakes" in the flood plane. Steam locomotives were often carefully operated over flooded tracks if it was not too deep and the water was not moving fast to erode the roadbed under the track. This shot, taken in the early 1900s was obviously staged under those conditions. If the water was too deep you could put out your fire but there were no traction motors to short out. In the 1950s, some steam that was stored serviceable was fired up on such occasions to replace diesels on flooded lines if the conditions were right.
In that picture of the fuel fill and emergency cut-off, the separation line between the blue and white is a little ragged. I guess the painter needs a little more practice with taping and air-brushing. Doug
