Conrail's Philly Piers
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my dad kenny and his brother marc along with a crew of operating engineers cut all 4 cranes apart plus the coal loading apparatus and coal loading crane.
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Thats really really neat!
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great video thanks for shareing
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Neat, I just saw CR 7554 at pier 124 in that video. I think that's the same engine that now exists as the PRL/ESPN 7554 in East Greenville, PA on the ex-Reading Perkiomen Branch.
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This was great, was born and raised in So Phillie.. glad someone captured this and was able to share...
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This is now a lay pier for my company's tugs and barges. We are being runoff as the container facility is expanding. All the crane structures were torn down last year and the water is being filled in between the two piers with dredge spoil from the river. They are deepening the channel all the way from the Bay
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WOW! Fascinating video! Truly Amazing film work! I have found a treasure of industrial history set in beautiful landscapes. Big Thank you for showing how this world works, and I am grateful to You Tube
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do you know which laker boat was being loaded?
Tcaauwe2002 1 year ago
@Tcaauwe2002 The CSL vessel Nanticoke. Not strictly a "laker" this class of vessel was known as a "Laker-Salty" since its hull was reinforced for ocean duty which was not the case with traditional lakers
fmnut 1 year ago
Thank you for sharing! Where were these located in South Philly? It is the area directly south of the Walt Whitman bridge where CSX now has their intermodal facility?
mjb430 3 years ago
A bit further south of that, about 0.8 miles from the Walt Whitman. At the time I filmed this you could drive right into the place but I believe it is all fenced off now.
fmnut 2 years ago
The reason the ramp has the progressively steeper upward curve is so no matter how fast the car comes down the hill, the curve will kill its momentum and reverse its direction.
fmnut 3 years ago
wat was that ramp thing used for?
PaulPeirceFan 3 years ago
If you watch the action in the video, you will see cars roll down against the "ramp thing" which is actually known as a "kickback". The cars are dropped by gravity from the receiving yard, down an incline and through a spring switch onto the kickback which then shoots the car back onto the track with the barney pit so that the barney (pusher arm) can shove the car up to the dumper.
fmnut 3 years ago