wow...great shot. is that just me or was the track moved as well near the front of the flat cars?
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Houston, we have a problem! That track has been moved way over.
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That is a wicked nasty double curve. Seems that a straight line might be much safer.
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Funny this should happen. I was watching an old tape of trains in Chcago, and at least half the Burlington trains had flatcars (empty) right behind the engines! Go figure.
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Hey,let's put the empty flat cars next behind the engines instead of on the rear of the train.
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They are barely even flat cars - why in the world is there a curve there, anyway?
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Man Tehachapi has it shares of surprises. This and AMTK 11 going over the loop
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| Posted by julio on January 14, 2007 | |
That must be a heck of a ride there.
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Perhaps the curve is necessary to maintain the ruling grade.
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Interesting way of getting some OT. I don't think that is quite what BN had in mind. Trains themselves should not be used for track relocation.
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Slack in. Slack stretched !!!
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Great pic Amy. I had browsed hundreds of photos without taking a second look, but this one caught my eye and I took a second look. Rail art artist, David A. Oram, painted a canvas oil painting at this same location. A Santa Fe freight coming out of the tunnel. He titled his painting "Tunnel 10." I think the original painting is in a private collection now. His notation was "Santa Fe freight, on a steep ascent headed for Barstow." Sorry to hear that this location has been fenced off by the property owner. Keep up the good work.
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I believe the ruling grade is 2.2% and to straighten it would increase the grade.
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| Posted by mmi16 on June 24, 2018 | |
Yardmasters assemble trains - not Helper Crews. If 'The Man' tells you to take the train or face insubordination charges - you take the train.
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From the looks of this photo, this was the head end of this train, and these were not helpers. Otherwise the derailed cars would have been outside the curve instead of on the inside. This kind of derailment is called "stringlining". The tractive effort of the locomotives was greater than the resistance of the flanges on the emply cars against the rail to keep them on the rail. This is an extreme example!! Additional proof of this is the rail being pulled inside the curve as well as the cars.
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Is it possible those engines were helpers and they were holding back too much?
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