Ralph
Short answer to your quesion is: A way freight or
"local" is a train that does pick-ups and set-outs of
cars enroute. In former times, they also delivered and
picked up LCL, at the various stations enroute. It is
opposite of a through train that runs from terminal to
terminal without changing consist. Don't fell bad. My
wife used to ask me, about twice a year, "What's a
local?"
The pipes in the picture were "pipelines" for the
manual interlocker.
John
--- "Ralph W. Brown, Jr." <cbq682@grics.net> wrote:
> To All:
>
> Here is what I really like about this list. . .I am
> not a railroader and I am not old enough to know the
> CB&Q, but I can get answers to questions here.
>
> I have been reading through the "CB&Q in Color #4".
> These are great books. The captions have a lot
> information in them. In reading these, I would like
> to know what a "Way Freight" is? Like in the "Rock
> Falls way Freight" or the "Streator Stock and
> Merchandise Way Freight".
>
> Also, for those of you who have this book, on page
> 71 there is an awesome photograph of a GP-7 crossing
> the Rock River. Along the left of the tracks are
> three pipes that lead out on to the bridge and
> follow the tracks. What are these pipes for? I
> noticed that there are telephone phone poles next to
> the pipe with wires on them. I wouldn't think that
> the pipes are electricity or phone lines. I have
> noticed similar pipes running along the track side
> in the top photograph on page 74. If anything, are
> they related to the railroad?
>
> R.W. Brown, Jr.
> Galesburg, IL
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
>
>
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