Re: yard tracks
Author: OTN
Date: 06-26-2010 - 11:12
OPRRMS Wrote:
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> George Andrews Wrote:
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> > The story I read regarding Espee's Fresno Yard,
> > was that Espee rebuilt the tracks on their old
> > centers (11 ft ), and were then told by CA. PUC
> > that they had to be on 12 ft centers. Soooo,
> Espee
> > simply spiked the switches shut on every other
> > track !!! This loss of capacity led to many
> trains
> > using sidings in the San Jouquin Valley as yard
> > tracks & set out tracks. Which of course led to
> > fewer places to stage a meet. Perhaps BOB2 or
> > SLOCONDR can confirm this ???
>
> I'll confirm it.
Did you measure them? 11 ft pretty tight.