Western Railroad Discussion > It figures

Brandon rd in Joliet, Il is open again, 1st time that i've used it in over a year, caught a train and a barge.

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So I'm guessing here, the road has been closed for ? And now open and obviously from the posted photo, you were blocked by a train. Is there also a draw bridge and a river and a barge or something not seen? My imagination is running wild! Or was this train one of the PSR "Land Barges"? I know locally NS has been running these "Land Barges" with 60-80 cars of steel slab gons plus all the local freight, another 100 or more cars, that they can muster and sometimes the its the freight and an empty oil train on the hind end. Even at track speed (40 MPH) they can add an easy 10 minutes to the run from picking up a hot pizza or sandwiches from the other side of the tracks! I think that is what microwave ovens are for?
Gonut

Bridge and locks are on the other side.

https://www.wjol.com/brandon-road-bridge-now-open/

Caught the nose of a Z (5694), drawbridge is north of the fixed bridge over tbe Des Plaines river.

Gonut1 Wrote:
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> So I'm guessing here, the road has been closed for
> ? And now open and obviously from the posted
> photo, you were blocked by a train. Is there also
> a draw bridge and a river and a barge or something
> not seen? My imagination is running wild! Or was
> this train one of the PSR "Land Barges"? I know
> locally NS has been running these "Land Barges"
> with 60-80 cars of steel slab gons plus all the
> local freight, another 100 or more cars, that they
> can muster and sometimes the its the freight and
> an empty oil train on the hind end. Even at track
> speed (40 MPH) they can add an easy 10 minutes to
> the run from picking up a hot pizza or sandwiches
> from the other side of the tracks! I think that is
> what microwave ovens are for?
> Gonut

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