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Chicago Switching => General Discussion => Topic started by: cnwnorthline on November 06, 2012, 07:33:46 PM
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Hello,
ChicagoJoe does it again!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYrCa1muguc
WOW they use a lot of horn! I wonder if the crew was putting on a show for the camera. Either way, I really appreciate videos like this since I can no longer get there myself. Enjoy!
-Matt
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Click on his name and you'll get a few more UP ones too!
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Thanks for posting this link.
Why did the crew bring that empty gondola with them on and off Goose Island?
Joe is lucky he did not get arrested for trespassing on the North Avenue Yard. UP and Metra railroad police are jumpy. Perhaps no one was in the yard office at the time to make a call.
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The gon was probably used as a "handle extension" for tight switching places
or buildings not allowing the engine clearance.
Chuck
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Thanks, this is good! And nicely edited, too.
The gondola may have been used as a handle extension, though I don't think there are many places where that switch engine couldn't go. But I don't think it was empty. There are not many good shots except toward the end, but the truck springs look pretty well compressed.
It's been a while since I've caught a CTR train crossing North Avenue, but believe me, they really do lay on the horn. And for good reason if you've ever seen the traffic (auto, bike, and pedestrian) on that street. No one really wants to stop if they can help it. Likewise, I've seen them pulling outgoing loads onto Goose Island. The instance I recall was two loaded gondolas that they left behind on the run-around rather than shoving them all the way to the lumber yard as they did this time. I suspect it may have something to do with WHERE the outgoing load was picked up, as this video shows four gondolas in addition to the original Norfolk Southern car, with loads, coming into North Avenue yard.
Thanks again. Makes me want to go hang out by the tracks.
be well,
bob roman