Working rail roads and their tracks.

[JethroB]

Thats an amazing piece of good news. Are you closeby to it that you can share photos?

Here is a video. 90 car dedicated trains have been around for 20 years or so at the encouragement of the RRs. Cuts the freight cost per bushel in half from the old mill. The savings will pay for the $32M mill in 6-8 years. Steel ties are being used.

Crawfordville Full Site Update July 4th - YouTube

 

[Hay Dude]

Here is a video. 90 car dedicated trains have been around for 20 years or so at the encouragement of the RRs. Cuts the freight cost per bushel in half from the old mill. The savings will pay for the $32M mill in 6-8 years. Steel ties are being used.

Crawfordville Full Site Update July 4th - YouTube

Thanks
Impressive!

 

[Peter 315]

Nice......:thumbsup:

 

[ultrarunner]

I've explored a lot of the high Rockies in Colorado and a little into Wyoming. Evidence of the work that was done to put rail thru these areas is astounding. I think it's a reflection of how poor the working class were. They would do anything for a job.

Where did we lose that.

"We are no longer that poor"

40 years of managing rentals with many low income I can attest earning a living is no longer required to live...

A family of 4 would need almost 70k income to equal the multiples of assistance received.

Family of 3 in a three bedroom single family home with gardner, two bath, discounted utilities, full no cost healthcare, school lunches year round, food, free internet, free college tuition and books, computer, cell phone, free rent and the kicker is a brand new Toyota Corolla in the driveway...

I could go on
...

Proximity of rail is detrimental to health as in current drive to pull rail tracks if that is what it takes to halt "Toxic" Utah Coal through port of Richmond CA.

 

[MossRoad]

While I'm pretty sure no one's gonna disagree with you on that, however, there's no fixing society here in the railroad thread...

On the subject of the original topic....

For the last 10 years we've been driving down to Purdue fairly often as the kids went there for college. Frequently, we'd see these Triple Crown Roadrailer trains passing through. Very cool. From what I gather, they are primarily Detroit to Kansas City, but they have terminals in several cities to the east. Great concept.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I've Jeeped on some old railroad tracks high in the Rocky Mountains. Alpine Tunnel SW of Buena Vista Colorado has a "museum" in the old station house at the top of the pass. Great place to visit. No locks on the doors. No one present. Lots of pictures and memorabilia hanging on the walls. Had a turn table up there too. Quite a place. Requires some quiet reflection to truly appreciate it. Altitude above treeline, probably somewhere around 11k ft.

My son was up at the alpine tunnel. We vacationed a couple of years at a ranch near there outside gunnison. He took a jeep trip up while we were riding horses above the treeline.

 

[Hay Dude]

Very cool pictures. If anyone has more toss em on.
Buckeye Farmer, are you off Rt 70?
I have to move my daughter from one dorm to another dorm this weekend at OU.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

About 20 minutes off of I70

Drove thru Athens last week.

 

[RobS]

I ride a lot of rail trails and there is some hiking along an old canal near me (@Mossroad, check out River Preserve County Park). I'm continually amazed at the accomplishments of our ancestors using only hand tools, or crude machines no larger than modern compact tractors.

 

[ovrszd]

The company I retired from is building a new feed mill. It has a circular siding over a mile around to accommodate up to 100 cars. A 90 hopper car train will be dedicated to make the run from the southeast to the Midwest or Canada every 12 days hauling over 300,000 bushels of corn to supply the mill. The mill will have 15 hours to unload it to qualify for substantial freight discounts. Amazing stuff to me.

That mill would make an awesome Drone Video!!!