The Kittatinny RR sufferen a lot of wind damage but nothing compared to the shore region. Winds were gusting 60-70 mph with a peak gust of 74 mph. It lasted for hours. Everyone is ok and operations should be back soon. The fire tower tipped over but no damage.
Engine house lost its roof
Roof from the engine house got blown to the mine area.
Lots of blown downs along the track
Water tower was knocked off its foundation
Depot was ripped off its foundation
Windmill knocked over
Glad to see that damage was light and that you will be back in operation, soon.
Good to hear all is well Shawn and the damage is minimal! I’m sure Cumberland Trestle survived as that was made by men!
Think of all those poor guys nearer the shore with HO layouts in their basements. Gotta feel sorry for them.
Shawn?? Have you applied for FEMA support???
Andy Clarke said:The backwoods boys cant ,everything they do and have is not to code. The last thing the guys want are the feds to start snooping around. Then they have to hide the stills. Lol
Shawn?? Have you applied for FEMA support????
What is a “Super Strom”?
Sandy was a combination of
1 Hurricane Sandy
2 High Tides with full moon
3 Stalled High and Low Pressure systems to the North East and Northwest
the Left wing might add 4. severe climate change patterns
Add them all together and it’s a Super Storm 
Ken Brunt said:Its secrete code for "we have plenty of shine for sale" ;)
What is a "Super Strom"?
Hey Bob can you fix that title for me Lol It wont allow me to. thanks
Mark Dash said:Careful Mark. We don't want a good thread to go bad.
the Left wing might add 4. severe climate change patterns)
Shawn, I’m sure your guys will be able to put things right. This weekend’s task for the C.V.S.Ry. is to open the line to Indian Hill Junction and figure out how to hoist the statue on to a flat or two for the trip back to the shop for restoration.
In my 1:1 world, Metro North has opened the line to Danbury and will be bringing the trains back this weekend for a normal schedule into NYC on Monday. Subways are still closed in lower Manhattan and some stations could be off-line for a year or more.
Shawn it looks like a tornado went through, except it didn’t disassemble everything down to individual boards.
On another note: SWMBO opinied (after looking at the sNews reports) “They really should put all those power wires underground” Good idea, but it still won’t solve the major transmission line problems.
HJ - Tell your better half that most new housing developments and all new developments in our cities do get underground power. Out here in the boonies with rocky hills it’s pretty much impossible to do except within small developments. I’ve not seen or heard of any above ground systems being upgraded to underground.
In lower Manhattan all the power is underground. This proved to be problematic due to sea water flooding. Salt water and copper don’t do well together. Same issue in the subway tunnels with signal and power transmission systems.
I cleaned up my RR this morning. While slinging a back-pack leaf blower I was wishing it was so easy for the big guys to recover from the storm.
Jon Radder said:
HJ - Tell your better half that most new housing developments and all new developments in our cities do get underground power. Out here in the boonies with rocky hills it's pretty much impossible to do except within small developments. I've not seen or heard of any above ground systems being upgraded to underground.In lower Manhattan all the power is underground. This proved to be problematic due to sea water flooding. Salt water and copper don’t do well together. Same issue in the subway tunnels with signal and power transmission systems.
I cleaned up my RR this morning. While slinging a back-pack leaf blower I was wishing it was so easy for the big guys to recover from the storm.
We’re on 2 1/2 acre parcels on the desert. Can you imagine the bill we’d get from the utility after they put the wires underground.
Operations tomorrow Shawn?
Mark Dash said:Violation of the No Politics rule. Not paying attention?
the Left wing might add 4. severe climate change patterns
Shawn said:Ken Brunt said:Its secrete code for "we have plenty of shine for sale" ;)
What is a "Super Strom"?Hey Bob can you fix that title for me Lol It wont allow me to. thanks
Doug Arnold said:
We're on 2 1/2 acre parcels on the desert. Can you imagine the bill we'd get from the utility after they put the wires underground.Operations tomorrow Shawn?
Doug Im on 9 acres of rock underground so that bill would have been big Lol
Doug Arnold said:
We're on 2 1/2 acre parcels on the desert. Can you imagine the bill we'd get from the utility after they put the wires underground.Operations tomorrow Shawn?
I doubt you have to worry about trees coming down across your hydro line. Underground lines make sense in subdivisions and it would be a nice infra structure upgrade when the price of copper/alu is low. Better way to spend money than many other things money is being spent on.
As always, strictly my opinion.
Shawn said:Ken Brunt said:Its secrete code for "we have plenty of shine for sale" ;)
What is a "Super Strom"?Hey Bob can you fix that title for me Lol It wont allow me to. thanks
The only problem we have on the desert is lightening “likes” our transformers.
A number of years ago we had lightening strike the transformer on the corner of our property twice in two days.
The first time it also electrified our chain link fence and “spot welded” our front gate latch.
Glad no one was touching the fence!