Subway, Elevated, Trolley & Traction Lines photos

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Re: Subway, Elevated, Trolley & Traction Lines photos

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Mon Dec 21, 2020 8:22 am

healey36 wrote:A lot of scratch-building and kit-bashing at the 1:1 scale.


Exactly so - gives modelers quite the creativity license.
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Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Sun Dec 27, 2020 8:47 am

Back to Clarksburg, WV

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Postby J. S. Bach » Sun Dec 27, 2020 10:24 pm

Wow, that looks so very close to the Philadelphia & Western Norristown terminal; especially the platform view!
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Re: Subway, Elevated, Trolley & Traction Lines photos

Postby healey36 » Tue Dec 29, 2020 10:42 am

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Saw this shot of the B&O's Belt Line up near Guilford Avenue, 1901, during a time when the B&O used motors to move trains through the city. Interesting configuration over double tracks, one wonders what the pantograph arrangement looked like.

Edit :: One wonders, one finds...I had this engraving stored, from Scientific American, 1895:

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Looks like an adaptation of the scissors-jack.
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Re: Subway, Elevated, Trolley & Traction Lines photos

Postby rogruth » Tue Dec 29, 2020 11:41 am

The "pantograph" could swing to either side and the pick-up fit into a channel.
There is more about this in " B & O Power" by Larry Sagle.
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Postby J. S. Bach » Wed Dec 30, 2020 5:33 pm

Later converted to conventional outside third-rail.
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Re: Subway, Elevated, Trolley & Traction Lines photos

Postby healey36 » Mon Jan 04, 2021 9:02 pm

What are those, compressed air tanks? One wonders what they needed all that compressed air for.
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Postby rogruth » Mon Jan 04, 2021 9:14 pm

Interesting lights also.
Is it electric or some other power?
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Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Mon Jan 04, 2021 10:18 pm

healey36 wrote:What are those, compressed air tanks? One wonders what they needed all that compressed air for.


Air - yes. Brakes for the train?

Interesting lights also.
Is it electric or some other power?


Electric!
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Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Sun Jan 10, 2021 9:21 am

Back to the W&OD....

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Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Sun Jan 17, 2021 10:15 am

In Clearfield, Pa

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Back to Clarksburg, WVA

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Re: Subway, Elevated, Trolley & Traction Lines photos

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Sun Feb 07, 2021 10:52 am

In Clarksburg, WVA

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In Weston, WVA

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