I remember that. Many kudos to CN for its care in community/public service in trying times.
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I remember reading about this years and years ago, quite the unique story. Seeing a locomotive driving down the street without rails in place would be quite the sight.
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I remember this event. I wonder what it was like, hearing that ALCO 12-251 under full load during the night? Great photo Pierre!
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I remember that too. It was quite a site to behold. Does anyone know of any video that might have been taken?
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| Posted by Tie Guy on November 24, 2010 | |
Back in the 60's and 70's our diesel shop at Conway used to be able to run the whole shop off of a locomotive for power during outages. They just removed the hookup for this about a year ago.
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I wouldn't have imagined that it could provide electricity with characteristics (voltage, frequency) that the city could use. Did they use some kind of adaptation equipment, or can that locomotive be set up for that kind of use? Very interesting!
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As soon as I saw the pic I remembered that story.
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| Posted by Larz on November 28, 2010 | |
Those marks on the street are from the loco!? They literally just dragged it down the street!? Amazing!
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Usually a derailment is accidental, but this time CN deliberately took the locomotive off the rail to connect it to the power grid. CN made sure that the town didn't go without power for too long. Good on CN for this service.
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| Posted by on December 24, 2013 | |
How is it that the locomotive did not just sink into the roadbed under it's own weight?
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In January,the ground is frozen hard like cement.
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