Since the tail of the wye IS the interchange track, a backup move would not
even be necessary. The train would merely pull a tight U-turn between the Santa
Fe and BN and continue on its way.
If this routing were used, the train would pass through downtown Fort Madison
in one direction, traverse the connector, then pass through in the other
direction just a few minutes later.
Joe LeMay
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Lotz" <Dave_Lotz@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Bob,
>
> I was unaware of this wye. Would it be long enough to turn 5&6 with their
> locos?
>
> Dave
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of rgs20460
> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 4:23 PM
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [CBQ] Re:Burlington Bridge
>
>
>
>
>
> --- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com <mailto:CBQ%40yahoogroups.com> , "Dave Lotz"
> <Dave_Lotz@> wrote:
> >
> > "Hi Jack,
> >
> > Yes, that routing would have accomplished everything you proposed,
> however,......
> > There is no westbound to northbound or southbound to eastbound
> > connection."
>
> Sorry, Dave, but you are wrong; there is a wye in the Santa Fe yard at Ft.
> Madison whose "tail" acts as an interchange track to the Q's K-Line that
> comes in from the south end of the 2-track yard and is used virtually daily
> for freight interchange traffic. The "stumbling block" to use this routing
> is BNSF's Passenger Service desk and an uncooperative track department.
>
> Bob Campbell
> 10 year engineer Amtrak 3 & 4, CHI-FMD-CHI
>
> > Dave Lotz
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com <mailto:CBQ%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:
> CBQ@yahoogroups.com <mailto:CBQ%40yahoogroups.com> ]On Behalf Of Jack
> > Ferris
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 12:19 PM
> > To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com <mailto:CBQ%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [CBQ] Re:Burlington Bridge
> >
> >
> > The detours are interesting. I would have thought Galesburg to Ft.
> > Madison, then north to Burlington and visa-versa would have been less
> > circuitous and would have allowed Amtrak to handle the normal stops
> > across Iowa.
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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