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| PHOTOS: B&O/SEPTA Route 11 Darby crossing (513242) | |||
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PHOTOS: B&O/SEPTA Route 11 Darby crossing |
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Posted by chuchubob on Tue Nov 6 21:55:44 2007 The crossing at 6th & Main in Darby was recently replaced, as mentioned by Transit Chuck Green in several posts here over the past few days. It is now called the CSX crossing, but it is the B&O crossing to people my age.The trolley tracks have ramps that meet the flanges and raise them up to the railroad rail level so the weight of the trolley is on the flanges when crossing the railroad rail. This allows the far heavier freight trains (now CSX) to have continuous rail. overview looking down the B&O (CSX) right of way  close-ups showing the flange scratch on the CSX rail and the ramp in the trolley rail bringing the flange up to CSX rail level   split second late photo timing  K-car 9014 crossing the B&O 
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