Monday, March 7, 2022

South Shore Catenary Towers -- Updated

Jon Fenlaciki sends us a picture of our guys hard at work, at 7:30 this morning in a snowstorm, unloading four catenary supports from the South Shore's "Ideal Section".  


Besides Jon, left to right are Bob Olson, Gregg Wolfersheim, and Andy Sunderland.

This is real dedication, you must admit!  Thanks, guys!



6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Where do they plan to erect these?
C Kronenwetter

Randall Hicks said...

I don't think there are any immediate plans. But if they aren't saved now, they'll go to scrap.

Anonymous said...

Well, I suppose they could use them on the Eastern extension when the bridge gets built? Are there anymore coming or is this the extent? Did we get any trolley wire?
C Kronenwetter

Anonymous said...

There are 3 or 4 other bridges sitting in the weeds at IRM. Are those units scheduled to be moved to a new location as well?

Ken MacLeod

Anonymous said...

I can imagine the existing double track getting extended further west with these. Last I knew, some legs of the North Shore towers on the Skokie route were standing, and those had the power distribution extensions. It would be interesting to recreate both NSL and SSL styles, if feasible anywhere on the mainline.
Olin

Anonymous said...

These catenary towers look identical to the ones the North Shore used, are they the same design?
-Will K