by Sand Box John
"strench707"
Ah okay, so as the yard leads gradually descend, the CSX mains are gradually ascending, so at that point there is such a large difference that it actually goes below ground level.
So, what did this look like when they where still connected? Would the WMATA trackage go up a hill and not have that retaining wall deal, or would it stop descending down earlier so it could connect?
Look again at this Microsoft Bing.com bird's eye view. The view is looking south. Track 16 passes through the diverging route of a turnout before curving left to pass under the elevate of southbound mainline track B2. The straight route through the turnout is the connection track to common carrier railroad network. It passes through a gate where the security fence jogs to the left and ends behind the three shipping containers. There use to be a turnout south of the shipping containers that connected the connection track to the industrial track that use to go south to coal unloading facility and team tracks north of M street and the warehouse south of M Street. The industrial track use to connect to the Baltimore & Ohio main line through the Eckington Yard yard leads north near Rhode Island Avenue.
Also see the Brentwood yard schematic in the inset in the 129 Mile Area Regional System Track Schematic.
Sorry for the confusion,
No need to apologize.
Ah okay, so as the yard leads gradually descend, the CSX mains are gradually ascending, so at that point there is such a large difference that it actually goes below ground level.
So, what did this look like when they where still connected? Would the WMATA trackage go up a hill and not have that retaining wall deal, or would it stop descending down earlier so it could connect?
Look again at this Microsoft Bing.com bird's eye view. The view is looking south. Track 16 passes through the diverging route of a turnout before curving left to pass under the elevate of southbound mainline track B2. The straight route through the turnout is the connection track to common carrier railroad network. It passes through a gate where the security fence jogs to the left and ends behind the three shipping containers. There use to be a turnout south of the shipping containers that connected the connection track to the industrial track that use to go south to coal unloading facility and team tracks north of M street and the warehouse south of M Street. The industrial track use to connect to the Baltimore & Ohio main line through the Eckington Yard yard leads north near Rhode Island Avenue.
Also see the Brentwood yard schematic in the inset in the 129 Mile Area Regional System Track Schematic.
Sorry for the confusion,
No need to apologize.
John in the sand box of Maryland's eastern shore.
