Re: Sugarcane railroad crossover

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> Bruce

I believe that this setup shown here is now gone. A couple of years ago a bunch of track work was completed and the diamond was restored. I say it that way because it wasn't put in like a normal diamond, but uses flange bearing frogs such as the ones we use on the main line out here. The Union Pacific and Amtrak cross over on essentially "normal" rails, while the CSRM's tracks goes up a few inches to where it is elevated (but guarded against falling off) and rides up over the ball of the rail on the main line on the wheel's flange.

William Diehl... \M/( >.< )\M/
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