by Aa3rt
This topic recently came up in the "Upstate New York Trolley History" Yahoo Group. Is anyone familiar with the term "jump crossings"?
These were crossings where a trolley line crossed a steam railroad at grade and the steam railroad would not allow the trolley line to cut its rails, meaning that the crossing trolleys literally had to "jump" across the steam roads rails. This sounds like it would be particularly hard on the flanges and wheels of the trolleys.
The poster mentioned the Buffalo Southern crossing the Pennsylvania Railroad in this manner and some other crossings on the Western New York and Pennsylvania Traction Company's crossings of steam lines in the area of Salamanca and Olean, New York and Bradford, Pennsylvania.
I'd especially appreciate seeing a link to a photo of one of these crossings if anyone can manage to dig one up.
These were crossings where a trolley line crossed a steam railroad at grade and the steam railroad would not allow the trolley line to cut its rails, meaning that the crossing trolleys literally had to "jump" across the steam roads rails. This sounds like it would be particularly hard on the flanges and wheels of the trolleys.
The poster mentioned the Buffalo Southern crossing the Pennsylvania Railroad in this manner and some other crossings on the Western New York and Pennsylvania Traction Company's crossings of steam lines in the area of Salamanca and Olean, New York and Bradford, Pennsylvania.
I'd especially appreciate seeing a link to a photo of one of these crossings if anyone can manage to dig one up.
Art Audley, AA3RT
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