Tom and Jeremy
The Rushville turntable was a 59.67 foot deck girder built by Lassig in 1897 and
first used at Peoria. Air operated and installed at Rushville in 1910
Eastern Dist. Turntable Sheet drawing 46541 dated 1/1/52
sjh
Jeremy Bubb wrote:
> Tom,
>
> Didn't the spur from Vermont to Rushville have a turntable on the east end
> of town. I remember my uncle saying something about him playing on the
> turntable at Rushville as a kid.
>
> Jeremy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
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> [mailto:sentto-17127-7175-978667106-bn9555=accessus.net@r...
> com]On Behalf Of Tom Barrett
> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 9:57 PM
> To: BRHSlist@egroups.com
> Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Industries on Spurs
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rick Keil <rkeil6721@h...>
> To: <BRHSlist@egroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 9:23 PM
> Subject: [BRHSlist] Industries on Spurs
>
> > All, operational and modeling question. I'm planning on running two spurs
> > with industries at the end of them. Since the motors will be heading into
> > the industry, what was the prototype way of getting the motor at the right
> > (front) end for the return trip. Were there exceptions on the Q. And
> > finally, what sort of industries did the Q service, if any, located at the
> > end of a branchline spur with 2 or 3 storage tracks? Thanks
> >
> > Rick Keil
> > Omaha, NE
> >
> > P.S. No turntable or wye due to width restraints
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> > I don't know if this helps or not but if using diesels alot of the
> Geeps or SD's has controls on both sides of the cabs, one control stand
> faced the short end and the other faced the long end, so it was not uncommon
> to run long end 1st, if the locomotive was not equipped with dual control it
> was still not uncommon to run the engine backwards with the engineer looking
> out the back window instead of the front, so basically he would be on the
> left side of the movements. if using steam a old conductor friend of mine
> who worked on stub branches said it was not uncommon to take trains out of
> or back to terminals with the tenders a head or back up move if you want to
> call it.
>
> Coal mine, river unloading docks for coal or grain, elavators, or a
> town with several industries were part of some of the places the locals
> might go serve, most mines had 2 or 3 load tracks that would have to be
> switched same as for larger grain elevators. I hope this helps you, good
> luck Tom
> >
> >
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