| Posted by FSWood on October 15, 2018 | |
A couple thoughts come to mind. One, are you saying it wasn't just the Rock Island who had to pay tolls; and, did the Springfield terminal haul pig iron? Second, that yellow and white truck which is obscured by pole and toll booth; angle of rear side window and the rake of windshield look a lot like when my Dad had an International Harvester Scout. Lots of good childhood memories involving that truck. Back to the windshield rake angle, from sitting inside the truck and looking through windshield you would swear that thing was as vertical as a wall, and probably created as much drag. I don't recall what transmission and rear end the IH Scout had in it but although it took a bit to get up to interstate highway speed, after you got there and went to pass something moving slow you could end up doing 80 before you knew what happened. My childhood impression was that in 4 Low it probably had as much tractive effort as that 44 tonner.
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At the time that bridge was owned by the railroad and the highway tolls represented a significant source of income for the company.
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Great photo and scene! Does anything in the US come even close to this today?
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| Posted by FSWood on October 16, 2018 | |
Jim, I don't know about here in the US, but from what has been seen here on Railpictures it's a good bet that Romania could potentially offer something pretty close.
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