Different railroads often take different paths to get to the same place. In this scene, two of the lines head to the rear of the module and one skirts the hill along the front side. A switching tower stands at the junction to route trains to the proper spur tracks.
Different railroads often take different paths to get to the same place. In this scene, two of the lines head to the rear of the module and one skirts the hill along the front side. A switching tower stands at the junction to route trains to the proper spur tracks.
Different railroads often take different paths to get to the same place. In this scene, two of the lines head to the rear of the module and one skirts the hill along the front side. A switching tower stands at the junction to route trains to the proper spur tracks.
The tracks roll by an old, dry oxbow of the Crymea River. When rivers flood, sometimes the rapid current dredges a new main channel. As the waters recede, the old riverbed is left dry as a bone…. until the next flood!
The tracks roll by an old, dry oxbow of the Crymea River. When rivers flood, sometimes the rapid current dredges a new main channel. As the waters recede, the old riverbed is left dry as a bone…. until the next flood!
The tracks roll by an old, dry oxbow of the Crymea River. When rivers flood, sometimes the rapid current dredges a new main channel. As the waters recede, the old riverbed is left dry as a bone…. until the next flood!
To maintain a level grade, railroads often cut through hills that are not feasible to go around. Unless a hill or mountain is overwhelmingly large, it is usually more cost effective to blast a cut rather than bore a tunnel because cuts are easier to maintain.
Cuts are made by drilling holes from the surface, filling them with dynamite, and then blowing the side of the escarpment away. This is done in tiers until the desired depth of the cut is reached. Look closely at the sides of the hill and you can see where the dynamite bores were.
Oh…. And if you look on top of that big hill in the middle, you might see a lone coyote searching for his next meal.
To maintain a level grade, railroads often cut through hills that are not feasible to go around. Unless a hill or mountain is overwhelmingly large, it is usually more cost effective to blast a cut rather than bore a tunnel because cuts are easier to maintain.
Cuts are made by drilling holes from the surface, filling them with dynamite, and then blowing the side of the escarpment away. This is done in tiers until the desired depth of the cut is reached. Look closely at the sides of the hill and you can see where the dynamite bores were.
Oh…. And if you look on top of that big hill in the middle, you might see a lone coyote searching for his next meal.
To maintain a level grade, railroads often cut through hills that are not feasible to go around. Unless a hill or mountain is overwhelmingly large, it is usually more cost effective to blast a cut rather than bore a tunnel because cuts are easier to maintain.
Cuts are made by drilling holes from the surface, filling them with dynamite, and then blowing the side of the escarpment away. This is done in tiers until the desired depth of the cut is reached. Look closely at the sides of the hill and you can see where the dynamite bores were.
Oh…. And if you look on top of that big hill in the middle, you might see a lone coyote searching for his next meal.
Trains
always travel downhill into or out of the yard to reduce drag on the train and
help eliminate stringlining in the curve.
