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the gon coupled to the boxcar was here moved with the drop doors open
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Commonly seen with fresh ballast. Nowadays a machine goes down the track
lifting it from underneath and allowing the clean rock to settle under and
between the ties. Tamping and surfacing I think it's called.
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Same general procedure back in those days, except a gang of men with jacks did the lifting, and initial tamping was by hand. Either way, there has to be ballast to work with, thus the spread of fresh rock.
Dennis Storzek
Commonly seen with fresh ballast. Nowadays a machine goes down the track
lifting it from underneath and allowing the clean rock to settle under and
between the ties. Tamping and surfacing I think it's called.
To me, the most interesting thing about this picture is the large amount of ballast piled up over the ties and crowned at the center between the tracks. I've never seen that much ballast on any other railroad. Is this freshly dumped ballast waiting for a ballast spreader, or is this the way it was all the time? Can you imagine the grief a modeler would take if ballast was piled that high on the layout?
Nelson Moyer
Nelson Moyer
To me, the most interesting thing about this picture is the large amount of ballast piled up over the ties and crowned at the center between the tracks. I've never seen that much ballast on any other railroad. Is this freshly dumped ballast waiting for a ballast spreader, or is this the way it was all the time? Can you imagine the grief a modeler would take if ballast was piled that high on the layout?
Nelson Moyer
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Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2017 10:02 PM
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Subject: [STMFC] the gon coupled to the boxcar was here moved with the drop doors open
Hi List Members,
It looks like the gon coupled to the boxcar was here moved with the drop doors open. While we are at it, the boxcar was probably
moved with the door open as well...
https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3800/12352177153_d528246b04_o.jpg
Claus Schlund
Nelson Moyer
From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...]
Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2017 10:02 PM
To: STMFC <STMFC@...>
Subject: [STMFC] the gon coupled to the boxcar was here moved with the drop doors open
Hi List Members,
It looks like the gon coupled to the boxcar was here moved with the drop doors open. While we are at it, the boxcar was probably
moved with the door open as well...
https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3800/12352177153_d528246b04_o.jpg
Claus Schlund
Claus Schlund \(HGM\)
Hi List Members,
It looks like the gon coupled to the boxcar was here moved with the drop doors open. While we are at it, the boxcar was probably moved with the door open as well...
https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3800/12352177153_d528246b04_o.jpg
Claus Schlund
It looks like the gon coupled to the boxcar was here moved with the drop doors open. While we are at it, the boxcar was probably moved with the door open as well...
https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3800/12352177153_d528246b04_o.jpg
Claus Schlund