| Posted by XE-50W on June 17, 2025 | |
Near M/p 1772.9 on Rocky Mountain Division's 6th subdivision main, Coast Division's 1st "sub" began W-of W switch for passing/Yard No.1 track @ M/p 1774.38 (ref.p.108 in Rocky Mountain Division Condensed Profile book Apr., 1970). Interesting-that engineer appeared-to be entering depot to sign-out @ Rt., possibly had just gotten-off a W/b earlier (ex.ref.: https://www.railpictures.net/photo/885142/) and brought that "Joe motor" up from engine terminal area beyond Lt. side of frame). First 11-car "block" behind trailing/3rd SD40-2 was from E Spokane Yard, picked-up @ Plummer (boxcars w/forest products off Couer d'Alene branch, "piggyback" van out of Spokane, ref. https://www.railpictures.net/photo/885260/ for further comments regards first three cars' origins). While former depot @ Rt. remains-as local museum and current US Post Office (latter pending relocation to new facility yet to be built), area of tracks seen above mostly occupied-by USFS' St. Joe River Rd.#50 (which @ time of original slide was on o'pass to Lt.-background, bridge #DD-268 near M/p 1773.1, ref.p.108, ibid.).
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| Posted by FSWood on June 17, 2025 | |
Lights on catenary support poles along river bank are an interesting detail. Am expecting they had their own low voltage supply and did not pull directly from the trolley current.
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| Posted by XE-50W on June 18, 2025 | |
Illuminated W ladder switches of yard, normally crossarms on trolley poles had 2-wire 2.4kV-AC circuit for ABS signals' power and the DC "bus" for troller "feeders" (orig.3kV-DC, raised-to 3.3kV-DC c.1956). Suspect that lights' power was on a 120V-AC or similar directly-from Substation No.14, which was 6,000kW (3 m-g sets, directly behind and Rt.-of position where original slide for above was taken) and could also provide 4.1/2.4kV-AC for town distribution circuit when 100kV-AC transmission substation "bus" line from East Portal (Substation No.13, also 6,000kW 3 m-g sets) was "down" for maintenance, etc.(used trolley and "back-fed" through m-g set by reversing operation to generator-motors as was done for electric locos in regeneration).
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