[PRCo] Re: Location?

[Jim Holland]

Jim Holland wrote:
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> .......WHAT can be done with this turnout is Unknown__To__Me -- 
> switchback - diversion for another line -- Do___NOT___Know,.......
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> The TURNOUT I-S There -- as I stated, but N-o-t in the original photo 
> of 1472.
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> Jim___Holland

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Looking  Again at the photo and the construction to the left of 1523  
(Our Right)  it   *-appears-*  that the concrete abutment   *-might-*   
extend over the diverge track of that turnout.       It is   
*-Possible-*   that the shoofly was relocated a number of times and 
while service was operating a switch was cut in for a new direction to 
the shoofly and the turnout would be set for the new direction as 
construction proceeded  --  the diverge move is now disabled   I-F   
this is the scenario.
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A trolley wire frog still exists, not shown in the original photo  (and 
entirely too difficult to adjust lighting in the photo to make a decent 
scan  --  not worth the effort, but it is there    ----    I-F   you 
believe me,    NOT   a feature of this list.)       Seems strange that 
PRCo would include a frog   I-F   it was just a realignment to the 
shoofly  --  Very simple to cut the overhead and splice in the new 
direction, but cutting in the frog prevents calling the overhead crew to 
the scene at the instant that the new direction is demanded.
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>>> ---- Jim Holland <prcopcc at p-r-co.com> wrote:
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>>>> Shoefly (Shoofly??) at Rankin Bridge construction. The TrolleyCar 
>>>> will shortly pull parallel to the RR tracks at Near RR Track 
>>>> Grade!       There is a turnout for the TrolleyCar at that location 
>>>> as well.
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>>>> Jim___Holland
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