Russ
I have a picture of the rail oiler and it is just
about the nastiest looking contraption you ever saw!
John D. Mitchell, Jr.
--- Russell Strodtz <vlbg@e...> wrote:
> In the past there was some discussion on track
> details/ballast
>
> between Galesburg and LaVergne. Never saw this issue
> discussed.
>
>
>
> Please take a look at the CB&Q Index Page shot of
> CB&Q 6315-5632.
>
> Note the appearance of Main #3. This was on purpose.
>
>
>
> Saltwater is hard on rail components. In Northern
> climates any
>
> grade crossing renewal that is done right will
> include new rail
>
> and plates. When you drive across an old plank
> crossing and hear
>
> that "jangling" sound it's because, (in addition to
> the crossing
>
> turning to mud underneath), the base of the rail and
> the shoulders
>
> on the plates have rusted to the extent that they
> are not tight
>
> anymore. This leads to wide gauge which makes the
> "bottoming out"
>
> on the crossing even worse. Unless you can convince
> every Agency
>
> doing plowing to not salt crossings there is no way
> around that.
>
> Lot's of luck doing that!
>
>
>
> On the other hand, there is something that you can
> prevent.
>
> As a big carrier of Meat & PHP the drain spouts on
> all those
>
> meat reefers were pouring out salt water all the
> time. The
>
> CB&Q's solution was to tar both rails of selected
> tracks.
>
> This was done with a locomotive hauled train that
> looked much
>
> like a weed sprayer. Main #2 & #3 were done from
> Galesburg to
>
> Bishop and Main #2 to Aurora. Main #3 from Aurora to
> LaVergne
>
> and some years Main #2 from Aurora to the Crossover
> at Maple
>
> Avenue at Congress Park. This was done in summer or
> fall.
>
> The photo cited above, while of poor color quality,
> accurately
>
> illustrates what the result of a fresh, heavy
> spraying looked
>
> like. There is a shot in "CB&Q In Color, Volume #4"
> on page 62
>
> of the same Fan Trip at MS Tower that also
> illustrates what
>
> it looked like. For some reason the stuff did not
> show up well
>
> in photos. On page 95 there are three photos taken
> at almost the
>
> same spot and only the middle one clearly shows the
> treatment.
>
> I think that after it was applied it would start to
> pick up
>
> a coating of dust.
>
>
>
> I do not know when this practice started or ended. I
> do not
>
> know if it was done West of Galesburg. Need more
> input there.
>
>
>
> Web updates posted today:
>
>
>
> CB&Q, Chicago & Aurora 11, 06-Dec-42
>
> CB&Q, Chicago & Aurora 46, 28-Oct-56
>
> CB&Q, La Crosse 48, 06-Dec-42
>
> CB&Q-WAB Joint 1, 07-Jul-40
>
> CRI&P-FW&DC-B-RI Joint Texas 5, 02-Aug-42
>
> Wichita Valley RR 63, 19-Nov-44
>
>
>
> Russ
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
>
>
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