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Title: |
NICTD MTW-100 |
Description: |
The NICTD Catenary Maintenance Vehicle is now used to position the single wire over the track on the 2nd day of the Michigan City section. |
Photo Date: |
7/31/2011 Upload Date: 8/5/2011 8:20:29 AM |
Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
NICD MTW-100(MoW Equipment) |
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152 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
NICTD MTW-100 |
Description: |
The single wire rests on the pantograph of the Catenary Maintenance Vehicle. A built in guide on the pantograph helps set the horizontal placement over the tracks. |
Photo Date: |
7/31/2011 Upload Date: 8/5/2011 8:20:34 AM |
Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
NICD MTW-100(MoW Equipment) |
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196 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NICTD MTW-100 |
Description: |
The black and white guide on the pantograph assists the crew members in setting the correct position for the single wire. According to Mr Greidan, consultant engineer, each post has a specific horizontal variance. |
Photo Date: |
7/31/2011 Upload Date: 8/5/2011 8:20:40 AM |
Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
NICD MTW-100(MoW Equipment) |
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184 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
NICTD MTW-100 |
Description: |
Close up of the pantograph guide (bit fuzzy). The new single wire rests approximately 6 inches to the left of center at this moment. |
Photo Date: |
7/31/2011 Upload Date: 8/5/2011 8:20:44 AM |
Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
NICD MTW-100(MoW Equipment) |
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181 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Adjusting horizontal position |
Description: |
A crew member loosens the wire support brace in order to move the wire into the correct horizontal position. |
Photo Date: |
7/31/2011 Upload Date: 8/5/2011 8:20:47 AM |
Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
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61 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Adjusting horizontal position |
Description: |
A power drill loosens the wire support bracket before moving it to its proper horizontal position. |
Photo Date: |
7/31/2011 Upload Date: 8/5/2011 8:20:51 AM |
Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
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67 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Adjusting horizontal position |
Description: |
The entire crew helps move the wire to its proper horizontal position. |
Photo Date: |
7/31/2011 Upload Date: 8/5/2011 8:31:13 AM |
Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
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69 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Adjusting horizontal position |
Description: |
A few taps with a hammer fine tunes the horizontal placement of the wire above the track. |
Photo Date: |
7/31/2011 Upload Date: 8/5/2011 8:31:19 AM |
Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
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61 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Adjusting horizontal position |
Description: |
A few taps with a hammer fine tunes the horizontal placement of the wire above the track. |
Photo Date: |
7/31/2011 Upload Date: 8/5/2011 8:31:23 AM |
Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
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53 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Adjusting horizontal position |
Description: |
After moving the wire to the correct position, the support bracket is now tightened. |
Photo Date: |
7/31/2011 Upload Date: 8/5/2011 8:31:26 AM |
Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
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55 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Adjusting horizontal position |
Description: |
After moving the wire to the correct position, the support bracket now receives the final tightening. |
Photo Date: |
7/31/2011 Upload Date: 8/5/2011 8:31:30 AM |
Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
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70 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Removing twists in the wire |
Description: |
These two crewmen in the bucket trucks are beginning the process of removing the last kinks and twists in the wire so it will have the proper alignment for constant contact with the pantograph. |
Photo Date: |
7/31/2011 Upload Date: 8/5/2011 8:43:23 AM |
Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
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76 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Removing twists in the wire |
Description: |
Working in tandem, the two crewmen rotate the wire to the proper alignment. |
Photo Date: |
7/31/2011 Upload Date: 8/5/2011 8:43:27 AM |
Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
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68 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Removing twists in the wire |
Description: |
As one crewman holds the wire end steady the other can twist the free end of the wire into position. |
Photo Date: |
7/31/2011 Upload Date: 8/5/2011 8:43:31 AM |
Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
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64 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Removing twists in the wire |
Description: |
Close up of the wire positioning |
Photo Date: |
7/31/2011 Upload Date: 8/5/2011 8:43:35 AM |
Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
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82 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Removing twists in the wire |
Description: |
While the one crewman remains at the end, the second crewman works his way down the wire checking and adjusting it. |
Photo Date: |
7/31/2011 Upload Date: 8/5/2011 8:43:39 AM |
Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
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67 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Removing twists in the wire |
Description: |
Checking my hand results in a complete centering of the wire. Note the groove in the wire along the side and perfectly straight. |
Photo Date: |
7/31/2011 Upload Date: 8/5/2011 8:43:42 AM |
Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
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79 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Removing twists in the wire |
Description: |
Slight spot adjustment to the alignment |
Photo Date: |
7/31/2011 Upload Date: 8/5/2011 8:43:47 AM |
Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
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79 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Support wire adjustment |
Description: |
The crewman in the bucket is preparing the new support/tension cable for the single wire and will be removing the older support cable above him. |
Photo Date: |
7/31/2011 Upload Date: 8/5/2011 8:56:17 AM |
Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
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74 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Support wire adjustment |
Description: |
Working above an active, busy street, the crewman must hold onto the old support cable before it is detached from the pole. |
Photo Date: |
7/31/2011 Upload Date: 8/5/2011 8:56:24 AM |
Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
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66 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Support wire adjustment |
Description: |
Once released from one end, the crewman prepares to safely release the older support cable to another crew member below when there is an opening in the traffic flow around his truck. |
Photo Date: |
7/31/2011 Upload Date: 8/5/2011 8:56:27 AM |
Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
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61 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
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Description: |
A second crewman in a bucket releases the support cable from the pole. Note the newly installed support cable just below the older one. |
Photo Date: |
7/31/2011 Upload Date: 8/5/2011 8:56:33 AM |
Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
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57 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Support wire adjustment |
Description: |
A crewman on the ground quickly rolls up the older support cable once released to get it out of the way of traffic. |
Photo Date: |
7/31/2011 Upload Date: 8/5/2011 8:56:37 AM |
Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
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69 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Support wire adjustment |
Description: |
The crewman now turns his attention to connecting a support bracket to help with the curve the wire must take at 11th and Cedar Street. |
Photo Date: |
7/31/2011 Upload Date: 8/5/2011 8:56:41 AM |
Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
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72 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Support wire adjustment |
Description: |
An additional support rod will connect the support cable to the yoke holding the wire. |
Photo Date: |
7/31/2011 Upload Date: 8/5/2011 8:56:44 AM |
Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
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71 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Support wire adjustment |
Description: |
The additional support rod is installed. A picture of the completed wire will be in a followup album from 8/4/11 visit. |
Photo Date: |
7/31/2011 Upload Date: 8/5/2011 8:56:48 AM |
Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
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74 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Single wire to catenary wire merger |
Description: |
On the east side of Michigan City, the single wire being pulled through the street running section must merge with the more common catenary system at the School Street crossing. The two wires rest on the pantograph in this picture. |
Photo Date: |
7/31/2011 Upload Date: 8/5/2011 9:03:40 AM |
Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
NICD MTW-100(MoW Equipment) |
Views: |
177 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Single wire to catenary wire merger |
Description: |
The single wire and the catenary contact wire are both resting on the pantograph at this point by the School Street crossing. The single wire will be veering to the next pole on the right while the catenary system takes over the power supply. |
Photo Date: |
7/31/2011 Upload Date: 8/5/2011 9:03:49 AM |
Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
NICD MTW-100(MoW Equipment) |
Views: |
151 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Single wire to catenary wire merger |
Description: |
A power jumper cable does an "S" to connect the two wire catenary system above the single wire coming in from the west. The single wire will veer to the next pole on the right while the catenary system takes over. |
Photo Date: |
7/31/2011 Upload Date: 8/5/2011 9:03:53 AM |
Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
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82 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Single wire to catenary wire merger |
Description: |
In this close up, the catenary messenger and contact wires are above the single wire coming from the latest street running pull in downtown Michigan City. It is being positioned horizontally by taps from the hammer.. |
Photo Date: |
7/31/2011 Upload Date: 8/5/2011 9:03:57 AM |
Location: |
Michigan City, IN |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
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Views: |
61 Comments: 0 |
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