[milwaukee-electric] Re: 9th street

[Gary Schnabl]

That linked diagram of the proposed subway plan shows two full-slip 
switches--somewhat rare items these days--centered on T2 and T10. Were 
any of those ever installed in the tracks around 9th Street, or at any 
other interurban tracks? Such switches require high maintenance, much 
more than (also high-maintenance) fixed diamonds. West Detroit 
interlocking tower (busiest Michigan tower once upon a time) at the 
entrance of Livernois (NYC) Yard had seven full-slip switches off its 
intersecting two-track main ROWs within a few feet of each other. None 
of them exists after 2003 any longer.

Gary

On 3/19/2011 10:35 PM, Larry Allan wrote:
> I would assume that if the Subway was completed and the wooden ramp was
> removed, that the Steel Structure ( T-6, T-7) would have been extended East
> to the 8th Street Viaduct. The tracks would then extend east and curve north
> to connect to the old ROW. These tracks would now allow for freight from the
> north and south divisions of the Line. See attached diagram.
>
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Gary Schnabl
Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is...

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