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Monon Property => Right Of Way => Topic started by: Joe Land on February 14, 2012, 10:59:37 am

Title: Section Gang
Post by: Joe Land on February 14, 2012, 10:59:37 am

Section gang working at Bedford  August 1963. Lloyd Kimble photo.

Title: Re: Section Gang Bedford 1963
Post by: Mike Lehman on February 14, 2012, 10:37:09 pm

Joe,
Looks like it's street trackage or a crossing maybe? Interesting photo that illustrates how much manual human labor it took to maintain the line.

Title: Re: Section Gang Bedford 1963
Post by: Joe Land on February 14, 2012, 10:40:04 pm

We tend to overlook how important the track crew's work was to keeping the trains on the rails.

Title: Re: Section Gang
Post by: Tom Kepshire on February 25, 2012, 01:35:00 pm

A very well maintained section house. Anyone recognize the location?

Title: Re: Section Gang
Post by: Tom Kepshire on February 25, 2012, 03:55:26 pm

Section gang working on the right of way. Mid to late 50's, anyone recognize the location??

Title: Re: Section Gang Bedford 1963
Post by: Tim T Swan on February 25, 2012, 09:46:08 pm

Quote from: Mike Lehman on February 14, 2012, 10:37:09 pm

Joe,
Looks like it's street trackage or a crossing maybe? Interesting photo that illustrates how much manual human labor it took to maintain the line.

Yes it's street trackage.  The mainline on J Street at about 14th, about 2 blocks north of the Bedford depot.

Title: Re: Section Gang
Post by: Mark Baker on March 05, 2012, 06:27:10 pm

Tom,

We called them 'Car houses'
Thats where we kept our motor cars.

Title: Re: Section Gang
Post by: Ron Marquardt on March 05, 2012, 09:14:48 pm

I guess I'm the one who labeled that section house Mark.  I grew up on the PM and C&O, and they called them section houses.  / Ron