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Last look at the northbound signal at Haywood |
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Crews are beginning work in downtown Easley, 2.5 miles north, on the signal cantilever. This signal will come down about 2 hours later. |
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6/16/2014 Upload Date: 6/18/2014 3:20:00 AM |
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Easley, SC |
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NB Track 2 signal removed from cantilever |
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I missed the first signal being removed, the old track 2 sb signal is being lowered beside the right of way. |
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6/16/2014 Upload Date: 6/18/2014 3:22:46 AM |
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Easley, SC |
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Signal work |
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Crews are lining up the new signal cantilever while another crew is removing the signals from the original Southern Railway signal cantilever. I always liked this style cantilever. |
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6/16/2014 Upload Date: 6/18/2014 3:24:17 AM |
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Easley, SC |
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Next old signal to be removed |
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This is the track 1 southbound signal about to be removed as crews secure cables and chains to it to be lowered. |
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6/16/2014 Upload Date: 6/18/2014 3:26:11 AM |
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Easley, SC |
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Final signal to be removed |
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The final track 1 signal has been secured and now to be lowered. Afterwards, crews will secure the cantilever and cutting torches used to take it apart. |
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6/16/2014 Upload Date: 6/18/2014 3:27:45 AM |
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Easley, SC |
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Cantilever removal |
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Crews are now securing the cable and chains to the old Southern signal cantilever as other crews on the new cantilever wire the new signals. |
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6/16/2014 Upload Date: 6/18/2014 3:29:35 AM |
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Easley, SC |
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Cantilever cut and lowered |
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After the upper arm of the cantilever was secured, cutting torches were used near the 90 degree angle and then lowered trackside to be uploaded later in the day to a trailer. |
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6/16/2014 Upload Date: 6/18/2014 3:31:29 AM |
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Easley, SC |
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First section lowered |
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Crews will center the chains and cable to swing this section further from the ROW. The old retired signals are in the foreground. |
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6/16/2014 Upload Date: 6/18/2014 3:33:25 AM |
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Easley, SC |
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Second section of the Southern cantilever removed |
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6/16/2014 Upload Date: 6/18/2014 3:35:49 AM |
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Easley, SC |
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Old signal cantilever removal |
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The last part of the cantilever will be placed on the ground and crews will center the cables and chains to move this section further from the ROW same as the first part that was removed. |
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6/16/2014 Upload Date: 6/18/2014 3:37:50 AM |
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Easley, SC |
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Second section of the Southern cantilever removed |
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Now resecured, the last section is being placed near the first part of the cantilever and will be hauled off later in the day. |
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6/16/2014 Upload Date: 6/18/2014 3:38:57 AM |
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Easley, SC |
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Signal work progresses on the new signal |
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6/16/2014 Upload Date: 6/18/2014 3:40:22 AM |
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Easley, SC |
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Old signals |
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After roughly 50 years of service, the Southern Railway installed signals from the 1960's are gone. The mayor of Easley was talking to the signal people about the old signal heads and seeing if it was possible to obtain them. I sure hope they can get them! |
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6/16/2014 Upload Date: 6/18/2014 3:41:58 AM |
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Easley, SC |
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Remains of the cantilever |
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Installed in the 1960's and around 50 years of service, this stout structure is now gone from the downtown Easley scene. |
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6/16/2014 Upload Date: 6/18/2014 3:43:34 AM |
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Easley, SC |
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Signal work at Haywood |
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Crews have left downtown Easley and now work to remove the signal bridge at the control point at Haywood north of downtown Easley. Cables are in place and cutting torches will be used to cut the steel near the braces supporting the horizontal portion of the signal bridge. |
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6/16/2014 Upload Date: 6/18/2014 3:46:34 AM |
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Easley, SC |
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Mid section removal |
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With the steel of old signal bridge now cut, the cranes will move this section to the westside of the mainline. |
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6/16/2014 Upload Date: 6/18/2014 3:47:59 AM |
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Easley, SC |
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Removal of the Haywood signal bridge |
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The vertical sections of the Haywood signal bridge are now being lifted out of place, I am standing on the east side of the mainline. |
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6/16/2014 Upload Date: 6/18/2014 3:49:24 AM |
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Easley, SC |
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East side Haywood signal bridge being lowered |
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Southern built a lot of signal bridges using old 40 ft boxcar underframes, such as this one. This signal bridge survived a derailment at this location sometime in the late 1980's leaving the dent in the structure you can see midway up in the steel. |
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6/16/2014 Upload Date: 6/18/2014 3:50:57 AM |
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Easley, SC |
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West side support being removed |
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Crews are now lowering the west side of the old signal bridge |
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6/16/2014 Upload Date: 6/18/2014 3:52:31 AM |
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Easley, SC |
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Old falls while new rises at Haywood |
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The west side of the signal bridge is still being lowered into place by the mainline while the new cantilever is being raised by another crew. |
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6/16/2014 Upload Date: 6/18/2014 3:53:52 AM |
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Easley, SC |
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Raising the new Haywood signal cantilever |
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6/16/2014 Upload Date: 6/18/2014 3:55:38 AM |
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Easley, SC |
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Raising the new Haywood signal cantilever |
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Crews have now lined up the new signal structure and are beginning to bolt it into place. |
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6/16/2014 Upload Date: 6/18/2014 3:56:48 AM |
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Easley, SC |
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Haywood signals now complete |
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The construction crews have now completed work and now moving onto the next control point at Crosswell, 5 miles to the north. Electricians meanwhile are beginning their work on the wiring on this structure. |
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6/16/2014 Upload Date: 6/18/2014 3:58:41 AM |
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Easley, SC |
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Remnants of the old Haywood signal bridge |
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A cutting torch was used to cut the other end from the bracing that supported the structure for easier removal later on. |
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6/16/2014 Upload Date: 6/18/2014 4:00:07 AM |
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Easley, SC |
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Looking northward at new signal |
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Amazing how the scene looks different 4 hours later after the first picture (at the beginning of this album). I like the old one better, always will. |
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6/16/2014 Upload Date: 6/18/2014 4:01:19 AM |
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Easley, SC |
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Old signal head |
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I missed the signals being removed at Haywood, but here is the old track 2 signal lying beside the right of way and near the west side of the old signal bridge now lying on the ground. |
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6/16/2014 Upload Date: 6/18/2014 4:02:32 AM |
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Easley, SC |
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A last look at the Crosswell signal bridge southbound |
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The new signals at Crosswell have already been cut into service. Construction crews have completed work at the control point at Haywood in Easley, SC and are enroute to remove this structure next. With other things I needed to do, I didn't watch destruction of this signal bridge and it was way beyond hot. |
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6/16/2014 Upload Date: 6/18/2014 4:03:57 AM |
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Crosswell, SC |
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Signal testing resumes |
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Returning back to downtown Easley, signal testing is taking place between Metler (CP south of Easley, not replaced this day, but soon coming in about 3 weeks from this day) and Crosswell, SC. The yellow over green "Approach Diverging" indication is on looking southbound on track 1. |
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6/16/2014 Upload Date: 6/18/2014 4:05:16 AM |
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Easley, SC |
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It sure looks different now |
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Looking northbound, I sure miss the old signal cantilever. These signals are harder to view trackside now as well due to the hooded signals. |
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6/16/2014 Upload Date: 6/18/2014 4:06:39 AM |
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Easley, SC |
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Another perspective looking northbound at Haywood |
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With no one on the signal cantilever now, a plain view of a otherwise blah style signal. A shame there was no way just to keep using the old more stout looking structures. Maybe this thing is stronger than it looks. |
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6/16/2014 Upload Date: 6/18/2014 4:08:02 AM |
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Easley, SC |
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First official clear signal |
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While maintainers are now observing the beginning of rail operations after the 8 hour outage, the first train to pass under the new signal cantilever is on the way. Still some tweaking will need to be performed for 48 hours afterwards to make sure everything is up to par. |
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6/16/2014 Upload Date: 6/18/2014 4:09:30 AM |
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Easley, SC |
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First train under the new signal cantilever |
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Not the greatest light. But, NS 172 northbound with NS 2754 is the first train to pass under the new signals. Meanwhile crews are rounding up the last of the old signals at Easley and loading them on a trailer. A massive storm is approaching too, hitting minutes later. |
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6/16/2014 Upload Date: 6/18/2014 4:10:40 AM |
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Easley, SC |
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Last signal being loaded up |
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The first signal to be removed from the old signal cantilever is the last to be loaded onto a trailer. All the trains that have been governed by these over the years now over. |
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6/16/2014 Upload Date: 6/18/2014 4:12:04 AM |
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Easley, SC |
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Old signal structure being loaded onto trailer |
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Years of faithful service, now scrap metal. Too bad there was no way to preserve this thing. |
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6/16/2014 Upload Date: 6/18/2014 4:14:30 AM |
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Easley, SC |
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Last section being loaded to trailer |
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The final piece of the old signal cantilever is now being loaded up and bound for scrap metal. The only thing now left is the old concrete base that this once massive structure sat on. A part of the Southern Railway engineering now gone. |
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6/16/2014 Upload Date: 6/18/2014 4:15:43 AM |
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Easley, SC |
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