Comments on: The Rails that Remain (p2) http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2009/06/the-rails-that-remain-p2/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:06:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: explorer http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2009/06/the-rails-that-remain-p2/comment-page-1/#comment-2400 explorer Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:30:03 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/?p=3464#comment-2400 Retired was probably a strong word I suppose. My point was based on rail placement more so then C&H's official abandonment of the turntable. The turntable use to be served by a line from the north, but that was removed when the present spur lines were laid to the new doors along the roundhouse wall instead of the center turntable. This new configuration seem to suggest a shift in priorities to me, but perhaps the turntable was still in use just accessed in a different manner. BTW your not jumping ahead Gordy, this series ends here. I noticed those doors on the loco repair shot myself which looked odd. glad that building is till standing. Retired was probably a strong word I suppose. My point was based on rail placement more so then C&H’s official abandonment of the turntable. The turntable use to be served by a line from the north, but that was removed when the present spur lines were laid to the new doors along the roundhouse wall instead of the center turntable. This new configuration seem to suggest a shift in priorities to me, but perhaps the turntable was still in use just accessed in a different manner.

BTW your not jumping ahead Gordy, this series ends here. I noticed those doors on the loco repair shot myself which looked odd. glad that building is till standing.

]]> By: Gordy Schmitt http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2009/06/the-rails-that-remain-p2/comment-page-1/#comment-2399 Gordy Schmitt Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:54:19 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/?p=3464#comment-2399 The turntable was never retired as far as I know. It was in place until the end, complete with its electric motors. I have photos of it. Hopefully, I'm not leaping ahead, but the building you have listed as the loco shop next to F, that is actually the original enginehouse before the newer roundhouse was built. Somewhere is a photo with the engines inside, but of course now I can't locate it. If you look at the west wall, you can see the doorways for the stalls. The turntable was never retired as far as I know. It was in place until the end, complete with its electric motors. I have photos of it.
Hopefully, I’m not leaping ahead, but the building you have listed as the loco shop next to F, that is actually the original enginehouse before the newer roundhouse was built. Somewhere is a photo with the engines inside, but of course now I can’t locate it.
If you look at the west wall, you can see the doorways for the stalls.

]]> By: explorer http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2009/06/the-rails-that-remain-p2/comment-page-1/#comment-2398 explorer Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:24:03 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/?p=3464#comment-2398 I think the cart looks worse every year, even compared to last time I was here just last year. Here's the <a href="http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/05/31/industrial-core/" rel="nofollow">post</a> from that exploration. I think the cart looks worse every year, even compared to last time I was here just last year. Here’s the post from that exploration.

]]> By: Jay Balliet http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2009/06/the-rails-that-remain-p2/comment-page-1/#comment-2397 Jay Balliet Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:19:03 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/?p=3464#comment-2397 That cart is in much worse shape than I remember it being when we were there in '07. That cart is in much worse shape than I remember it being when we were there in ‘07.

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