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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)

Photo by Bob Bogash

Monday morning 24 Aug 2009 - 11:00 AM Rome, NY - Headin' Out!

Photo by Bob Bogash

Photo by Bob Bogash

Photo by Bob Bogash

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!

Photo by Bob Bogash

What's a'matter? Didn't you ever see a Super G come through town before?

Photo by Bob Bogash
Photo by Bob Bogash

Time for a Pit Stop and a little Number 2 Diesel. Why's everyone looking at us???

Photo by Bob Bogash

Over the river

Photo by Bob Bogash
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
 
Photo by Bob Bogash
All that can be said about this is that it starts and ends at I-80.  And, it cost almost $700!
Photo by Bob Bogash
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!
Photo by Bob Bogash
For those of you who kept emailing me and asking "What's the routing?", or "Why the screwy routing?" --  well, now, you know!

Photos copyright: Bob Bogash, MOF, WWAR, Janet Dietz, Pat Malin, Krista Stotz, Dave Birkley, Sue Nelson, James

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