Comments on: CR 6099 (Ex EL) SD45 ducks back into the Detroit River Tunnel returning “lite engines” back to Detroit http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Wed, 06 May 2026 18:08:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: homerjay84 http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=27708#comment-59581 homerjay84 Thu, 21 Dec 2023 20:13:34 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/1977-06-23-CR-6099-Windsor-Ont.jpg#comment-59581 TMike, Yes the ties were set in concrete and then the middles cut out to allow water to run down into the pump stations. Its alot easier to maintain a pump then pull rails out to change ties where there is very little room in the tunnel TMike,

Yes the ties were set in concrete and then the middles cut out to allow water to run down into the pump stations. Its alot easier to maintain a pump then pull rails out to change ties where there is very little room in the tunnel

]]> By: TMike http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=27708#comment-50263 TMike Sat, 29 Jan 2022 00:30:11 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/1977-06-23-CR-6099-Windsor-Ont.jpg#comment-50263 OK A couple of questions.... What purpose do the "split" rail ties serve.? Drainage perhaps? Why is there a bottle on the short hood? OK A couple of questions….
What purpose do the “split” rail ties serve.? Drainage perhaps?
Why is there a bottle on the short hood?

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