by SST
I recently went down to the Tift Street Nature Preserve to xc ski. But there wasn't enough snow to do it so I walked instead. Of course I headed towards the mainline track. While standing at the Tillman St overpass, I decided not to cross the frozen water and instead walked the track near the water tower. Glad I did because I discovered a concrete platform that I never saw before. Due to the small depth of snow, the snow provided a highlighted view of it. It stood out. While walking along the active track on my left, I suspected there was a track bed to my right. It was elevated along with rails. But the rails were spiked into anything so I though maybe they were scrape rail. The rails to my left are welded. I kept walking and soon came the platform.
The location of this platform is in between two tracks leading to the Child st yard for ADM and GM. Just west of the water tower. The rails are still connected to the platform. It is not very long. Had to be very short railcars for this. I was thinking maybe a retarder? Here are some crazy pics.....not certain how they will lay out here.
This is the platform looking north. The water tower [ex-round house] is in the distance. Just beyond the rails are 6 ties still in the ground. Then about 1 foot after that the ground it suddenly drops about a foot and then continues a small grad down.
The location of this platform is in between two tracks leading to the Child st yard for ADM and GM. Just west of the water tower. The rails are still connected to the platform. It is not very long. Had to be very short railcars for this. I was thinking maybe a retarder? Here are some crazy pics.....not certain how they will lay out here.
This is the platform looking north. The water tower [ex-round house] is in the distance. Just beyond the rails are 6 ties still in the ground. Then about 1 foot after that the ground it suddenly drops about a foot and then continues a small grad down.
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Last edited by SST on Tue Feb 02, 2021 4:47 pm, edited 1 time in total.