titaniclover
TS2010EE SP3; Build 49933
Well, friday night my dad got a call from his boss at CSXT. The Transducer in Valleyfeild, Canada was down and he was the only one abled to go fix it. So he asked me if I wanted to come along, I said yes and we packed our bags and left.
Our journey began by heading to Syracuse and picking some equipment up (New transducer, lighting errester cards, tools).
While pulling in, I saw a train shunting some autoracks and thought, "Yes my first shot!" No such luck, no batteries in camera. GAAA!!! To make it worse, another train went by and we went right up close to it.
So now we fast foward a bit. We went across the border and I got my first look into Canada. We checked in at the Valleysfeild Hotel and went to examine the site. By now the sun was setting and it was too late to do anything. We headed in for the night.
Next morning we began work. After an incident where my dad spilled soda all over him we headed back to get changed and then began work for real.
I took a pic of the transducer on the tracks (old one) and also some shots of the control box and up and down the line. You can also see the bridge we went across. (Note: We did not get track clearance to work. The line was still active with trains. Do NOT Try this by yourself. Always be with an adult. In other words we kinda did this illegaly.)
For all of the people that dont know: A transducer is a peice of rail equipment that counts the number of axles (cars) in a train. The cable was pinched there for the transducer wasn't counting the cars.
My dad, even though he was sick, showed me around Canada a bit.
He showed me Centrale de Beauharnois, a large power plant, and the large CSX Transflow center nearby. Also the tunnel to get to the center.
Unaware to us, after taking a wrong turn we landed right near a major yard for the CNN Railroad. Unallowed to go in, I didnt get pictures.
We then headed back to the states.
Here is the bridge from an early pic. Its a draw bridge and its a combination track and road and they lift up for boats to go under them.
<CONTINUES>
Our journey began by heading to Syracuse and picking some equipment up (New transducer, lighting errester cards, tools).
While pulling in, I saw a train shunting some autoracks and thought, "Yes my first shot!" No such luck, no batteries in camera. GAAA!!! To make it worse, another train went by and we went right up close to it.
So now we fast foward a bit. We went across the border and I got my first look into Canada. We checked in at the Valleysfeild Hotel and went to examine the site. By now the sun was setting and it was too late to do anything. We headed in for the night.
Next morning we began work. After an incident where my dad spilled soda all over him we headed back to get changed and then began work for real.
I took a pic of the transducer on the tracks (old one) and also some shots of the control box and up and down the line. You can also see the bridge we went across. (Note: We did not get track clearance to work. The line was still active with trains. Do NOT Try this by yourself. Always be with an adult. In other words we kinda did this illegaly.)





For all of the people that dont know: A transducer is a peice of rail equipment that counts the number of axles (cars) in a train. The cable was pinched there for the transducer wasn't counting the cars.
My dad, even though he was sick, showed me around Canada a bit.
He showed me Centrale de Beauharnois, a large power plant, and the large CSX Transflow center nearby. Also the tunnel to get to the center.




Unaware to us, after taking a wrong turn we landed right near a major yard for the CNN Railroad. Unallowed to go in, I didnt get pictures.
We then headed back to the states.
Here is the bridge from an early pic. Its a draw bridge and its a combination track and road and they lift up for boats to go under them.

<CONTINUES>