Sharing Santa Fe #3781 Northern 4-8-4 Steam Locomotive added to my "History of BNSF" Model Railroad Layout. Took picture as B&W for added realism. And one color 4-8-4 Steam next to ol Santa Fe Blue Bonnet. Thoughts? Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk
Building a tunnel. I-75 through downtown Dayton, OH was originally an over-reach... both politically and socio-economically... or in other words, a MESS!!! Elevated throughout the downtown area, it was plagued with multiple overpass bridges and a serpentine route. Add to that, it had multiple ramps that required overlaps of exiting AND merging traffic and odd entries and exits from the left hand lanes! Finally, a few years ago, almost all of the roadway was completely rebuilt (took longer than the original) with an elimination of many ramps (only one super ramp to downtown) and encased earthen berms replacing many bridges (safer in winter, using less earth than traditional berms and no mowing). This is a pic of a "tunnel" roof being placed at a spur underpass. Once completed, the roof was covered with earth and the new 6+ lane roadway. This eliminated a bridge that originally spanned both the spur, mainline and surface street. You can see part of the old continuous bridge in the background.
Westbound frac sand loads claw their way past Soo Tower in heavy snow as a winter storm lashes the area with what will result in 11" of snow overnight:
Columbus Jct Cotter Ainsworth NS 8104 leading CP sand train 674 to Kansas City. CP Ottumwa Sub. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Snowplow on the point of a small L56391 12 at Hiawatha, IA. February 13, 2019 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Great photo, though no sense of need for the plow. However the highway department will be very upset when they have to replow the grade crossing. LOL
I think they were making sure that there were not any more drifts on the branch line that would hamper trains from going through. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Nice plow.....I have a model of a similar plow except it was made with a wooden Gondola! Nice to see a 1:1 example! Thanks Mr Burton! Jim
