Re: LSRC Train 127 (08/09/19)
Nice photo of a rarely photographed location! The tracks from left to right are No. 2 pass, No. 1 pass, main track. No. 2 pass is the original Lincoln siding, but we could rarely use it because the yard "owned" it. What's now No. 1 pass used to be the main, but in 1978 they built a new main to the east (where the train is in the photo), and what used to be the main became No. 1 pass between N. Lincoln and S. Lincoln. (That explains the "jog" where the train is). We could then use that track to get trains out of the way while they did their work, where before they had to work off the main and it really tied things up, especially southbounds making their auto car pick ups.
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