USAF 1655

Name	Type	Comments	Date

B NK	General	Thats somethin you dont see every day	5/18/2008 11:49:49 PM

Gregg Bartley	General	Boy, that doesn't seem very cost effective. What was the problem with the diamonds?	7/3/2008 4:54:18 PM

Robert Garton	General	That seems kinda stupid...	7/4/2008 12:14:54 AM

Zach Pumphery	General	Good lord, that's kind of dumb. How about they put in a friggen diamond? Although, there's probably some logical explanation for it.	7/4/2008 1:54:28 PM

Joe M	General	They would put in a Diamond, but it is a tad expensive to maintain for a once a week thing.	7/4/2008 7:00:24 PM

David Abeles	General	Diamonds are a huge maintenance headache, but so is this!! I'll bet UP did the analysis, though, and this is the cheaper option of the two. Must be a pretty important customer to justify this.	7/7/2008 2:59:31 PM

Aaron Coyan	General	Great, unique shot!	7/8/2008 10:15:18 AM

Virgil Fitzpatrick	General	Insanity at it's finest. That would drive me nuts on a weekly basis	7/9/2008 6:53:32 PM

David Foxx	General	I bet that it's not as bad as it looks. The ties probably stay in place, explaining the ends being beveled to avoid dragging equipment on the UP main. Also, with the spring clips, it probably only requires dropping the two short rails into place and bolting the fishplates together. You can see where the spiked rails stop on just the other side of the UP main. Those tracks probably stay in place. The crew probably has it down to a fine art by now.	7/13/2008 5:54:56 PM

USAF 1655
Sacramento Southern Railroad, owned by the California State Railroad Museum serves a number of local industries via an interchange with the Union Pacific Railroad. The diamond was removed years ago, so once a week a crew from UP temporarily place rails over the top of the two UP mainlines and then removes them after making the switch (photo 1 of 5)
Date: 5/7/2008	Location: Sacramento, CA Map	Views: 1081	Collection Of: Bill Grenchik
Locomotives: USAF 1655(80Tonner)			Author: Bill Grenchik

Picture Categories:		This picture is part of album: Sacramento Southern

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