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Maumee & Western 6-1-10 - railohio - 06-02-2010 I broke some new ground chasing the Maumee & Western yesterday. I shot them arriving in Defiance, something I hadn't seen for a number of years. The left Napoleon about 10:00a with 30 cars, mostly boxcars with a couple reefers, and arrived in Defiance a little before 2:00p. The rest of the photos from the day are available on flickr. Re: Maumee & Western 6-1-10 - eightyeightfan1 - 06-02-2010 Man..Thats some scary looking track work. Nice pics. Re: Maumee & Western 6-1-10 - Brakie - 06-04-2010 eightyeightfan1 Wrote:Man..Thats some scary looking track work. Ed,Such track isn't new to railroading a lot of PRR's urban industrial branch track in Columbus was like that.You get to a point where you no longer pay attention to it.Of course such track had speed restictions. Nice photos.. Re: Maumee & Western 6-1-10 - Gary S - 06-04-2010 It's gotta be a bit scarey if you were riding in the cab - the loco starts tilting and feels like it is going over... hock: Great pictures, please continue sharing what you find on your railfanning journeys. Re: Maumee & Western 6-1-10 - Brakie - 06-06-2010 Gary S Wrote:It's gotta be a bit scarey if you were riding in the cab - the loco starts tilting and feels like it is going over... hock: Actually the engine rocks back and forth and you become accustom to that rocking and it would take a lot of leaning to roll a locomotive over even if the rail turned and then you would just hit the ground.. Re: Maumee & Western 6-1-10 - Fluesheet - 06-06-2010 Long lenses tend to exaggerate the bad track effect, but no doubt it's not intended for 20mph running! It's also a good illustration about how much more material and maintenance is needed to support a train at speed (when compared to a even a regional RR secondary line!). Or conversely, a good illustration on how bad track can be and still be serviceable. One of my father's buddies owned a short line railroad in eastern Ohio for a time - he had a section that he referred to as the "Ho Chi Min Trail" - not much more than rail in dirt! |