Baby Deltic Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
royaloak Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Nice to see some freight using HS1! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Could you lay track down to this standard and keep your stock on the track! Mark Saunders Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Good test for a P87 enthusiast; how's your independent axle suspension then? Operationally the aspect that would bother me is with the ties in presumably a pretty poor state, what's to stop the rails spreading unexpectedly? Must make every trip along this line an adventure... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welly Posted April 14, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 14, 2012 Hard to believe that track is in the US! I was curious enough to look up the company name and found this interesting page which actually states that the track had not been maintained since 1964!!!! http://wn.com/Maumee_and_Western_Railroad Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave1905 Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Those type lines are lines that were in such bad shape and had low traffic, that the original major railroad owners sold them off to shortlines. The shortlines operate them at the bare minimum requirements to squeeze out the last few cars of business until something major goes then it will be unprofitable to continue operations. First time a bridge goes out, the line shuts down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Is the a federal inspection system for lines such as these? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Deltic Posted April 14, 2012 Author Share Posted April 14, 2012 I told them not to use that old Lima track! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted April 14, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 14, 2012 Good grief - I've heard of dropped joints, but this takes the biscuit! OR: Did no one tell them fish bellied tracks are meant to be laid with the curve at the bottom...? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 I like the warning signs on the front of the loco - 'Watch your step' and 'Always be careful' Clearly they relate to climbing the ladders but given the state of the track may also be a good message to heed when powering anything along the permanent way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted April 14, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 14, 2012 This isn't much better: http://vimeo.com/2578284 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted April 14, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 14, 2012 Seasick tablets for the crew? I'll bet the crews are noted for their strict observence of the speed limit. Would the rollingstock be subject to special inspection before being accepted by a Class 1 Railroad after a trip along here? Kevin Martin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 You also have to consider land mass - the whole of the UK dry land including all the railway lines ever to have existed would all fit inside just one US state, Wisconsin. The US has 49 other States a lot of which are considerably bigger than Wisconsin. I say this because the scale of the USA is really awesome. Try driving alongside one of BNSF's Transcon route across Arizona on I40 for hours alongside some of the most beautifully laid concrete sleepered (tied) double track in the World carrying train after train of 1.4mile long InterModal freight travelling at 60 mph. Then realize you have only just scratched the surface of the US rail system. It is amazing how they keep the mainlines so well. Out of interest here's my local commuter line: Here's my local Shortline: Photos:â“’ Spooky Muse Inc. 2011 & 2012 Something for everyone, just like the UK........ Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Natalie Graham Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Is the a federal inspection system for lines such as these? If there is, it doesn't seem particularly rigourous. Try driving alongside one of BNSF's Transcon route across Arizona on I40 for hours alongside some of the most beautifully laid concrete sleepered (tied) double track in the World carrying train after train of 1.4mile long InterModal freight travelling at 60 mph. Or try waiting at a level crossing while a 1.4 mile long train goes by. It gets a bit tedious after the eight or so locos have gone by and you just have a mile and a bit of freight cars to wait for. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerces Fobe2 Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Is this company bidding for any of the rail franchises in the UK? XF Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave1905 Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Is the a federal inspection system for lines such as these? Sure there is. Remember this is the lowest class of track there is, it is speed restricted and there are restrictions on hauling hazardous commodities over it. Its also extremely low volume. A class 5 or 6 main track might haul more tonnage in one or two trains than this type of line will haul in a year. Plus its exagerated through the telephoto lens to enhance the poor ride quality. Looking at this is like looking at some old alleyway and and saying the country doesn't have a very good highway system. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastairq Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 given the Maumee road crosses the Great Black Swamp.....an area [apparently] of NE Ohio that until relatively recent times was considered impassible for transportation....and was originally laid with light track anyway..it is no surprise that the shoestring outfit suffers from 'bad track'...! [wiki is amazing really...I'm no US historian, BTW]................I suppose the road equates to the byelines of Norfolk and around the Wash in this country? It is rather pleasant, however, to realise someone is prepared to eke out a living from moving freight [serving customers]..in this day and age? Keeping rail service going when, elsewhere, customers would have been 'encouraged' to revert to road transport, simply because rail interests could 'not be bothered?' And the state of the track wont be any worse than that seen on certain UK industrial areas? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 more bad track http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2012/09/abandoned-railroad-tracks.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welly Posted September 2, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 2, 2012 ^^^ But that track has not been used for decades so no surprise that it's kinky! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Deltic Posted September 2, 2012 Author Share Posted September 2, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b86QYaVXv5M&feature=player_embedded Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted September 2, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 2, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaPJWch0640 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b86QYaVXv5M&feature=player_embedded I've seen the Hoo Jn - Grain branch look like this during the worst days of Railtrack................ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welly Posted September 2, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 2, 2012 ^^^ Now try Templotting raw timber log sleepers! And modelling that! Nice shot of an abandoned logging railway though the end scene felt sinister... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_long Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 Now the track is ok (for now) but who needs to actually switch turnouts these guys don't from 3.40 min Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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