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Western Railroad Discussion > from my “what happened here?” collection:Date: 04/07/20 06:48 from my “what happened here?” collection: Author: HH What happened here?
Location: UP Cascade Sub (Oregon), Milepost 532.3 (near the east end of Odell Lake) Date: 3/15/20 These look like they’ve been pushed over or pulled over…I’d expect a lot more damage if it was the result of a derailment. Anybody know the story behind these phone images? 1. Signal mast (Diamond Peak side of the tracks) 2. It looks dead. 3. Radio antenna mast + control box (lake side of the tracks)    Date: 04/07/20 06:49 Re: from my “what happened here?” collection: Author: HH 4. another angle
5. closer view of the box 6. ‘nother angle    Date: 04/07/20 07:00 Re: from my “what happened here?” collection: Author: tomstp You have to wonder if a spreader did it or a snow cat.
Date: 04/07/20 07:28 Re: from my “what happened here?” collection: Author: HH tomstp Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > You have to wonder if a spreader did it or a snow cat. I would expect more damage from such a situation. Snow load seems (to me) light this year...but I could be wrong. Hopmere Hank Date: 04/07/20 07:34 Re: from my “what happened here?” collection: Author: Railbaron Spreader - 1, Signal Box - 0.
I had heard from "reliable sources" they were spreading snow and they failed to stop short of a signal location shoving everything over. I hadn't heard where but I'd say you found it. Ooops!! Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/07/20 07:37 by Railbaron. Date: 04/07/20 11:32 Re: from my “what happened here?” collection: Author: Gonut1 The rotaries sure are powerful!
Go Date: 04/07/20 11:59 Re: from my “what happened here?” collection: Author: PHall Gonut1 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > The rotaries sure are powerful! > Go Not that powerful. Something physically moved the signal and shed. Date: 04/07/20 12:05 Re: from my “what happened here?” collection: Author: cjvrr Looks like a spreader pushed them over to me. RIght angle for it.
Date: 04/07/20 13:35 Re: from my “what happened here?” collection: Author: wingomann Well, they're not called spreaders for nothing. The stuff looks pretty spread out.
Date: 04/07/20 14:32 Re: from my “what happened here?” collection: Author: Railbaron To simplify things, they can simply wire around this missing signal and basically create a long block between the two signals on either side of this signal. Then, once the snow is gone, they can come back and replace this signal and put things back the way they originally were.
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