On the Beardstown sub between WV and Metroplis, the
tracks run east but the TT direction is away from
Chicago, so its west. It really gets confusing when
you find out the "east" switch at Cook is at the
geographic west end of the siding! On the old Q, we
knew how to read a map. The Beardstown Division was
TT north and south.
John Mitchell
--- VERLIN WHITE <railroad61542@y...> wrote:
>
> --- TheVLBG <TheVLBG@s...> wrote:
> > Tom:
> >
> > That is only partially true in the present. Lines
> > that
> > are obviously North/South do use those directions.
> >
> > One example is Denver to Pueblo.
> >
> > TheVLBG
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Bryan Howell <tubaman21@y...> wrote:
> > > Hi list! I was watching some videos I got for
> > my
> > > birthday over the weekend and the Pentrex
> Powder
> > River
> > > Basin video kept talking about railroad east,
> > which
> > > was south(probably wrong). Why were railroad
> > > directions different from standard directions.
>
> > This
> > > is really confusing me if anyone can hel;p me
> > out.
> > > Thanks in advance!
> > >
> > >
> > > =====
> > > Bryan J. Howell
> > > tubaman21@y...
> > > tubaman221@h...
> > > http://www.angelfire.com/il2/burlingtonzephyrs
> > >
> > >
> > > I know you are confused so I will try to
> > unconfuse you. When you hear
> > railroads speaking of directions, they are
> > speaking in "timetable
> > direction", and not "geographic direction". Take
> > for example the BNSF
> > mainline from Galesburg to Chicago. Obviously if
> > you are heading towards
> > Chicago, you are heading east. In this case, it
> is
> > also Timetable East.
> > Same is true with Galesburg being west and
> > Timetable west. Well since
> > mainlines and branches go North and South, and
> > timetables use the analogy
> > of east and west, that can become confusing. I
> > speak this as I was a
> > former conductor on the BNSF and I worked in
> both
> > types of situations. It
> > is a general rule, that in the four directions,
> > west/south are together
> > and east/north are together. Case in point,
> trains
> > running on the
> > Beardstown Sub between Galesburg and Paducah are
> > running west when moving
> > southbound and are running east when moving
> > northbound. This is true even
> > when you are sitting on the train and know you
> are
> > moving either north or
> > south depending on the situation. Hope this
> > explains it to you.
> >
> >
> Tom
> > Kaufman
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been
> > removed]
> >
> > Back when the west was being settled the trains
> headed west had the right way over trains headed
> east.
> >States,those in the south,use north and south in
> the
> same way. Those head north had the right of way over
> the ones head south. The trains headed north cared
> cotton, sugar and tobaco along with other southern
> crops and goods.
>
>
>
>
>
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