Picture of the Day – Dec. 5, 2008

Mis-aligned carfloat ain’t floatin’

Oops.

Apparently there was a mis-match between the float bridge and the float.  April 21, 1961, Bush Terminal in Brooklyn.

The man shown here would have been drawing the float tight to the float bridge via ropes secured to hooks on the deck of the float.  The large ship like wheels over his shoulder were used to draw in the ropes.  At the extreme left of the image, highlighted by sunshine, is a lever used to nudge the rails slightly left or right to align with the rails on the floats.  It was a ratchet type mechanizm.

He won’t be needing any of these items this day.

-T.

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I'm your host, Tim Warris, a product developer in Port Dover, Ontario. Since March of 2007 I have been documenting the construction of the former CNJ Bronx Terminal in HO scale. For my day job, I design track building tools for Fast Tracks, a small company I own and operate. Fast Tracks makes it fast and easy to hand lay your own trackwork. Stop by our website to learn more!

Posted by: Tim | 12-05-2008 | 10:12 AM
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