This is a track/flange greaser…. Ugly isn’t it?… It’s purpose is to lubricate the wheel flanges on rail equipment as to help ease the wear on tight curves such as the one a few hundred feet upgrade. This greaser is located @ about M.P. 671.5 on the now Norfolk Southern Sunbury Line (Canadian Pacific Sunbury […]
Somewhere along the way in your railfanning travels you may have stumbled across one or more colorful “boards.” They may be red, yellow, green or a combination of colors and they vary in appearance from railroad to railroad but their colors are the same and so is their purpose. They’re temporary flags (“slow boards”) and […]
Replacing ties on a mainline switch Maintenance to railroad tracks and its supporting features is ongoing. Case in point, these two friendly, hard working Canadian Pacific (soon-to-be Norfolk Southern) employees placing new timbers (ties) next to the Steamtown South switch to replace the two holding the antiquated looking switch stand in place. Don’t be fooled […]
