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Has anyone ever used elevators to lift and lower railroad cars or locomotives >from one level to another? One would push a railcar or drive a locomotive >onto a section of track set into the elevator platform, the platform would >move up or down, and the car or locomotive would be rolled off onto a track >at the new level. This would seem to be technically feasible; rail cars and >locomotives are commonly rolled on and off barges, and fifty years ago
the Seabee barge carrier ships had elevators of 2,000 ton capacity to lift >barges into and out of the water.
The rail industry does use devices such as transfer tables to handle
cars and locomotives on sites too small for conventional track and switches >so I wondered if they had ever used elevators for the same purpose. I have >been unable to find anything about this in an Google search. I would >appreciate any information.
Has anyone ever used elevators to lift and lower railroad cars or locomotives from one level to another? One would push a railcar or drive a locomotive onto a section of track set into the elevator platform, the platform would move up or down, and the car or locomotive would be rolled off onto a track at the new level. This would seem to be technically feasible; rail cars and locomotives are commonly rolled on and off barges, and fifty years ago
the Seabee barge carrier ships had elevators of 2,000 ton capacity to lift barges into and out of the water.
The rail industry does use devices such as transfer tables to handle
cars and locomotives on sites too small for conventional track and switches so I wondered if they had ever used elevators for the same purpose. I have been unable to find anything about this in an Google search. I would appreciate any information.
On Sat, 19 Jan 2019 17:53:50 -0800 (PST), peterwezeman@hotmail.com
wrote:
Has anyone ever used elevators to lift and lower railroad cars or locomotives
from one level to another? One would push a railcar or drive a locomotive >onto a section of track set into the elevator platform, the platform would >move up or down, and the car or locomotive would be rolled off onto a track >at the new level. This would seem to be technically feasible; rail cars and >locomotives are commonly rolled on and off barges, and fifty years ago
the Seabee barge carrier ships had elevators of 2,000 ton capacity to lift >barges into and out of the water.
The rail industry does use devices such as transfer tables to handle
cars and locomotives on sites too small for conventional track and switches >so I wondered if they had ever used elevators for the same purpose. I have >been unable to find anything about this in an Google search. I would >appreciate any information.
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Has anyone ever used elevators to lift and lower railroad cars or locomotives from one level to another?Many years ago, when Duquesne Light Co. had a big coal fired generating plant on Brunots Island, in the Ohio River west of Pittsburgh, there was an elevator which lowered cars one-by-one from the Ohio Connecting RR bridge to ground level. There, the cars were moved on in-plant tracks to the coal receiving yard. Empty cars and cars loaded with ashes went up by the same route.