Working rail roads and their tracks.

[MossRoad]

I think if you look, there'll be a grade under that water spout. It's a siding up on a little step above the line with the trucks on it. It's on a different grade. That's my guess.

 

[MossRoad]

Look at #17 and #18 in the illustration below.

 

[MossRoad]

You can buy an HO scale model of it if you want.

Durango Press 28 - Q&TL Water Tank - HO Scale Kit

Unique shed type water tank from the Quincy & Torch Lake Line. <strong>Durango Press HO Scale</strong> Q&TL Water Tank <strong>Road Name:</strong> <strong>Road Number</strong>: <strong>Photo may not show actual road number . Please see description for actual road number</strong>

midwestmodelrr.com

 

[MossRoad]

Neat photo before the arm was added during restoration. Snow drift prevents us from seeing if there's a grade there or not.

Quincy & Torch Lake RR Water Tower (U.S. National Park Service)

www.nps.gov

 

[MossRoad]

Here we go....

from here..

Small Layout Ideas – Quincy and Torch Lake Railroad

I recently acquired a copy of the new book, Rock Down, Coal Up – The Story of the Quincy and Torch Lake Railroad by Chuck Pomazal. It did not take me long to read the whole book, cover to cover. I …

smallmr.com

Show several different tracks on different grades in front of the water tank.

(in case you haven't noticed, I enjoy researching this stuff! )

 

[BravoXray]

What was the purpose of keeping it in a building like that? Heated to keep from freezing maybe?

That was my initial thought, but I didn't see a chimney. Maybe if fell over.

 

[5030]

Big derailment near downtown Sandusky, Ohio yesterday. In the Toledo Blade on the front page. Mainline N&W double track, about 12-15 tank cars carrying hot paraffin wax, two flipped off the bridge and landed on the roadway below and ruptured, sending hot wax down the road. Everything heading east toward Cleveland or west towards Chicago has been rerouted through Bellview, Ohio Lots of torn up track ands looks like the bridge is damaged as well. I imagine Hulker out of south Toledo (Meigs Field) is handling it.

No pictures from me but I'm sure it's on the Blade website.

 

[5030]

That was my initial thought, but I didn't see a chimney. Maybe if fell over.

Probably, it gets real cold up near Houghton-Hancock

 

[bcp]

Drone shot at about 54 seconds and about 2:00.

And probably in the background of this photo:

Railroads - Quincy and Torch Lake | Copper Country Historical Images

cchi.mtu.edu

Bruce

 

[MossRoad]

Toledo Blade story locked per subscription. Quick view saw a pic of a mess.

On a side note, the Toledo Blade used to have a printing press very similar to our old one. They had the same inking systems, and they had several computer systems similar to ours for newsroom and advertising systems. I worked with them fairly often on projects in the 90s.

 

[MossRoad]

Pics and video

Sandusky train derailment spills paraffin wax, knocks out power (photos, videos)

A train derailment took place Saturday afternoon in Sandusky, spilling paraffin wax and prompting power outages.

www.cleveland19.com

 

[MossRoad]

Riding the Train: DIY Skateboard-Based Locomotive Can Hit 22 MPH

Nothing can stop you from taking the train if you believe in yourself.

www.thedrive.com

 

[Hay Dude]

Drone shot at about 54 seconds and about 2:00.

And probably in the background of this photo:

Railroads - Quincy and Torch Lake | Copper Country Historical Images

cchi.mtu.edu

Bruce

That was really cool, Bruce.
Looks like its now a small tourist attraction. I think I saw a doodlebug-looking tourist train there in one part.
Did the mine go bankrupt?

 

[adam728]

That was really cool, Bruce.
Looks like its now a small tourist attraction. I think I saw a doodlebug-looking tourist train there in one part.
Did the mine go bankrupt?

Stopped operations is 1931. Then started again in the early 40's and stopped for good in 1945. Michigan Tech has been using it for studies and tourist stuff for 50+ years now.

 

[bdhsfz6]

I ride my bike along the tracks of the Western Maryland RR and was recently rewarded with a look at the recently restored Baldwin 1309, H6 Class 2-6-6-2. It is the largest steam locomotive in regular scheduled service in the US.

Western Maryland No. 1309 — Western Maryland Scenic Railroad

The largest operating steam locomotive east of the Mississippi calls the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad home in Cumberland, Maryland. Learn more about No. 1309 and her restoration.

wmsr.com

I've been around steam locomotives all my life but this was by far the largest. The way the ground shook as it passed was amazing!

 

[ArlyA]

That was really cool, Bruce.
Looks like its now a small tourist attraction. I think I saw a doodlebug-looking tourist train there in one part.
Did the mine go bankrupt?

That is an incline* train the moves via gear and cogs. The grade it runs on is quite steep.

*what are the called?

 

[RoyJackson]

That is an incline* train the moves via gear and cogs. The grade it runs on is quite steep.

*what are the called?

Cog Railroad...I've been on a couple and they're for steep inclines. My first was in Hong Kong going to the top of Mount Victoria.
They're fairly common in the mountain villages is Europe...
Closest one now is Mount Washington, in New Hampshire

The Mount Washington Cog Railway

The World’s First Mountain Climbing Cog Railway. In the White Mountains of NH, climbing to the peak of Mount Washington. The Premier New England Attraction.

www.thecog.com

 

[Hay Dude]

Pikes Peak was the last cog I rode

 

[Hay Dude]

I ride my bike along the tracks of the Western Maryland RR and was recently rewarded with a look at the recently restored Baldwin 1309, H6 Class 2-6-6-2. It is the largest steam locomotive in regular scheduled service in the US.

Western Maryland No. 1309 — Western Maryland Scenic Railroad

The largest operating steam locomotive east of the Mississippi calls the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad home in Cumberland, Maryland. Learn more about No. 1309 and her restoration.

wmsr.com

I've been around steam locomotives all my life but this was by far the largest. The way the ground shook as it passed was amazing!

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WOW!!!
I’m out there all the time. Where is the RR? Hancock area?

 

[beckmurph]

WOW!!!
I’m out there all the time. Where is the RR? Hancock area?

Cumberland, Md.