by BR&P
OH SO CLOSE!!!!!!
This may be as close as we can get but not quite what we need. First off, my computer has a tool which lets you blow up whatever is on the screen by 100%, 200% etc. Up around 400% it gets a bit pixelated but still has some good info.
The shot must be after 1909 because the Charlotte Docks is visible in the distance. The site lists it as "1911?". On the foreground is the two-track Charlotte main, with a third track coming off. So this is Double Track Junction. For those who went on the hike a couple weeks ago, we did not come quite this far north but agreed there had been a third track which went was parallel to the 2 mains. Looks like a car or truck straddling that 3rd track.
Next, note on the left side of the shot, about a third of the way up from the bottom, you can see a hopper car mostly hidden by a tree. This likely was on the track (or 2 tracks) which came up from the South Yard between the Main and the river.
This last, I'm not sure if I'm seeing things or what, but directly above that truck, it almost seems I can see cars on the curved track which we suggested was for empties, which came around as the north leg of the wye and tied into that 3rd track. I have heard speculation that for a short time Yates Dock and Charlotte Dock were both in use at the same time. This might confirm that.
So we still don't know just how the trestle looked or exactly how cars were handled but it's sure more clear than before we walked!
I'll try to upload the pic here, but if it works better for y'all on your computers here's the link: http://libcat.rmsc.org/aquabrowser/show ... e+river%5D" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
This may be as close as we can get but not quite what we need. First off, my computer has a tool which lets you blow up whatever is on the screen by 100%, 200% etc. Up around 400% it gets a bit pixelated but still has some good info.
The shot must be after 1909 because the Charlotte Docks is visible in the distance. The site lists it as "1911?". On the foreground is the two-track Charlotte main, with a third track coming off. So this is Double Track Junction. For those who went on the hike a couple weeks ago, we did not come quite this far north but agreed there had been a third track which went was parallel to the 2 mains. Looks like a car or truck straddling that 3rd track.
Next, note on the left side of the shot, about a third of the way up from the bottom, you can see a hopper car mostly hidden by a tree. This likely was on the track (or 2 tracks) which came up from the South Yard between the Main and the river.
This last, I'm not sure if I'm seeing things or what, but directly above that truck, it almost seems I can see cars on the curved track which we suggested was for empties, which came around as the north leg of the wye and tied into that 3rd track. I have heard speculation that for a short time Yates Dock and Charlotte Dock were both in use at the same time. This might confirm that.
So we still don't know just how the trestle looked or exactly how cars were handled but it's sure more clear than before we walked!
I'll try to upload the pic here, but if it works better for y'all on your computers here's the link: http://libcat.rmsc.org/aquabrowser/show ... e+river%5D" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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