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Nostalgia & History > Dick Smith B&W LA 70'sDate: 08/25/16 03:10 Dick Smith B&W LA 70's Author: mp51w I'm not sure if there was a story to this shot or not?
If they aren't employees, they are pretty close to the tracks! I zoomed in if that helps solve the mystery. Maybe just railfan friends of Dicks. Southbound Coast Starlight arriving LAX.   Date: 08/25/16 04:41 Re: Dick Smith B&W LA 70's Author: crackerjackhoghead Used to be, you could march right up the stairs of Mission Tower, knock on the door, ask to have a look around and you'd be invited in. One time the operator left this teenage kid "in charge" while she hoofed it across the bridge to the east bank, to hand crank a dual controlled switch that wasn't responding. Your spectators wouldn't have draw much attention in those days.
Date: 08/25/16 06:11 Re: Dick Smith B&W LA 70's Author: 3rdswitch Looks like they are hand throwing the moveable frog on that crossing?
JB Date: 08/25/16 06:56 Re: Dick Smith B&W LA 70's Author: OliveHeights I think that is probably No 3 arriving.
Date: 08/25/16 07:06 Re: Dick Smith B&W LA 70's Author: Coast Engine 509 would be on #3 . The track was used by Santa Fe trains to Chicago, San Diego . The next track to the right was used by Southern Pacific trains . No Union Pacific trains after May 1971 Gary
Date: 08/25/16 07:09 Re: Dick Smith B&W LA 70's Author: railstiesballast Combining the two preceding comments, I suspect that No. 3 is looking at a red signal because the movable point frog would not indicate clear and the engineer is watching the tower operator hand operate the point motor.
Date: 08/25/16 08:24 Re: Dick Smith B&W LA 70's Author: atsf2333 Had to stop and think about why San Diego trains would use the track going in the opposite direction. Then I remembered from my youth, San Diegans used to back out of the station!
Date: 08/25/16 10:28 Re: Dick Smith B&W LA 70's Author: Out_Of_Service railstiesballast Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Combining the two preceding comments, I suspect > that No. 3 is looking at a red signal because the > movable point frog would not indicate clear and > the engineer is watching the tower operator hand > operate the point motor. wouldn't a maintainner be responsible for that switch ???? Date: 08/25/16 11:07 Re: Dick Smith B&W LA 70's Author: IC_2024 Now this is a great series, Jim--
Thanks for sharing! Love the grainy images, too-- Tri-X film most likely. Date: 08/25/16 19:02 Re: Dick Smith B&W LA 70's Author: OliveHeights If a maintainer was on duty the operator could get the maintainer to roll the switch for him. I didn't care for the hand crank switches at Mission Tower, if you didn't take them out of power before you stuck the crank in you were looking at trouble.
Out_Of_Service Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > wouldn't a maintainner be responsible for that > switch ???? Date: 08/26/16 13:53 Re: Dick Smith B&W LA 70's Author: Out_Of_Service rantoul Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Was the operator out of the tower in photo 1, > right side? > > Is a movable point diamond common? Why not have > a fixed diamond? if the angle points for a frog are on an angle that would be susceptible for wheel falnges to pick the the point (not enough angle) then MPFs were installed |