3/4 - Sunday, March 19, 2017
Bottom end of Borden, where the tracks meet the Huron Spur. See those signs on the right? Will get to those in a moment...
Close up of some of the hardware to hold the contact wire in place through a curve.
The little "kinked" arms down below are called registration arms. They allow some vertical movement but no lateral movement, when the train passes under.
Lots of clamps and insulation and so on up top, for the messenger wire.
The contact wire actually isn't a "wire" - it's a copper profile with a dovetail in the top, that these clamps can clip on to!
Looking back up Borden, toward Courtland. (Hi, ballast cars!)
Bottom end of Borden, where the tracks meet the Huron Spur. See those signs on the right? Will get to those in a moment...
Close up of some of the hardware to hold the contact wire in place through a curve.
The little "kinked" arms down below are called registration arms. They allow some vertical movement but no lateral movement, when the train passes under.
Lots of clamps and insulation and so on up top, for the messenger wire.
The contact wire actually isn't a "wire" - it's a copper profile with a dovetail in the top, that these clamps can clip on to!
Looking back up Borden, toward Courtland. (Hi, ballast cars!)