Industrial History

These are notes that I am writing to help me learn our industrial history. They are my best understanding, but that does not mean they are a correct understanding.

Saturday, February 24, 2018

Meta land scars (tattoos) from strip mining large seams of coal

(Update: I learned from a comment by William Oldani in a post that the accepted term for what I have been calling land scars is "tatt...

IHB Argo Yard and Tower

(see below for satellite view) CP Canal/Argo Junction is a little northwest of this yard. These views were taken from the turnaround at ...

Friday, February 23, 2018

Jump or Lift Frogs in Railroad Turnouts

We have already seen diamonds, OWLS , that allow a low-speed line to cross a high-speed line without putting any gaps in the high-speed line...

Newly Weds Foods is rail served by CP/Milw

( 3D Satellite ) I've written about so many bakeries going out of service in the Chicagoline that it is nice to see Newly Weds Foods ...

Aban/Sou/Big4 Breeden Trestle south of Tunnel Hill, IL

( Bridge Hunter , Satellite ) Bart Hileman posted four photos with the comment: " The Breeden Trestle, south of Tunnel Hill Illinois ...

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Trail/Aban/CSX/B&O over Wabash River at Montezuma, IN

( Bridge Hunter , no Historic Bridges, Satellite ) Note to self, the road bridge is also worth seeing. (I discovered this US-36 truss bri...

Railroad and Vehicle Ferry Slips at St. Ignace, MI

(for satellite information, see below) Chiefwawatam.com Doug Taylor shared the above link This railroad car ferry served 3 different railr...

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Dennis DeBruler: The caption of any image that is not mine will indicate the source. My images are © 2014-20, and are licensed by CC BY, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Attribution: Dennis DeBruler. Since I hit the 1200 byte limit, I have moved my real introduction to http://industrialscenery.blogspot.com/2014/05/introduction.html.

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