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Hey Mike, Pickering used to be a wye, but the east leg was removed over 6 years ago so it can only be accessed via the west leg. We were going to run around the train on the Kingston Sub, but remembered there was a small run around on the spur.
That would certainly explain going down the west leg. I suppose the benefit to the run around track is no 564′s required.
Yes the run around was long enough for us to run around the train and saved us from getting a pass stop authorization.
This is the Schnabel Car correct? That’s the car that splits in the middle to accomodate the load which, once attched to the ends, becomes an integral part of the car.
@Ron
A Schnabel car is a specialized type of railroad freight car. It is designed to carry heavy and oversized loads in such a way that the load makes up part of the car. The load is suspended between the two ends of the cars by lifting arms; the lifting arms are connected to an assembly of pivots and frames that distribute the weight of the load and the lifting arm over a large number of wheels.
When a Schnabel car is empty, the two lifting arms are connected and the car can usually operate at normal freight train speeds. Some Schnabel cars include hydraulic equipment that will either lift or horizontally shift the load while in transit (at very low speeds) to clear obstructions along the car’s route. There are 31 of this type of car in Europe, 30 in North America