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ISSUE
87 - October 2009
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SUPER
CONNIE GOES HOME: PART 2 |
By Bob Bogash, Contributing
Editor & Photographer
Seattle, WA |
In August 2009, ex-TCA
Super G Constellation CF-TGE was moved out of the EAC hangars
for the last time and positioned on the ramp for disassembly
and transport to Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington. This
is Part 2 of the journey. (Read
Part 1 in last week's eFlyer)
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Monday morning 24
Aug 2009 - 11:00 AM Rome, NY - Headin' Out!
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Backroads R' Us -
Passing through Howard, NY
or is it Hornell, NY, or Terra
Haute, Indiana. I actually got three emails each claiming
a different town!
What's a'matter? Didn't you ever see a Super
G come through town before? |
Time for a Pit Stop
and a little Number 2 Diesel. Why's everyone looking at us??? |
Over the river |
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It's Friday, 28 August - we've come
1000 miles - so this must be, it is - Farmer City, Illinois
Tonite we spend in Avoca, Iowa - and tomorrow, we take a day
off. |
QUESTION: Why all these back-road routings off
the Interstates?
SHORT ANSWER: Summer construction season creates numerous
construction zone width restrictions, including major closures
and narrowings.
LONG ANSWER: The Routings are determined by the
various State Highway Road Departments and are provided
to the Trucker (for a "fee" of course.) The entire
3800 mile trip required a routings bundle an inch thick. Besides
routings, they include permitted travel times and days.
Here's an example: Wanna go from Omaha, Nebraska
(on the east end of the state) to Pine Bluffs, Wyoming
(on the west end of the state? No problem! Get
on I-80 and don't get off. Easy!
Wrong!!! Here's the assigned Oversize Trip ticket
from Nebraska
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All that can
be said about this is that it starts and ends at I-80. And,
it cost almost $700! |
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For the cost of the Trip Ticket,
you'd think it would be accurate, or useful. Wrong
again. These routings frequently lead onto dead end
roads, low bridges or overpasses, and sharp corners, requiring
backing the entire rig, and/or convoy, and determining
a re-route on-the-fly. To be legal, these need to
be re-negotiated with the road department, with an amended
Permit issued.
At one location in Nebraska, the routing led up and over
the Union Pacific three track mainline, with a steep approach
to the crossing on both sides - a situation which would
have high-centered the low-boy trailer, damaging it, and
shutting down the UP's mainline.
Some of these re-routings were extensive and delay-causing,
and in one case required a back-track of about 100 miles.
Here's what a tight and sharp corner can do for you! |
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For those of you who kept emailing me and asking "What's
the routing?", or "Why the screwy routing?" --
well, now, you know! |
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Photos copyright:
Bob Bogash, MOF, WWAR, Janet Dietz, Pat Malin, Krista Stotz,
Dave Birkley, Sue Nelson, James
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