Amtrak Train# 350, The Wolverine (Chicago-Detroit), is eastbound on the NS Michigan Line, about to arrive at the Ann Arbor train station in a couple of minutes. Here we see him passing the Barton Dam. Amtrak locomotive# 518 was assigned to this route in the era, and is one of just 20 GE B32-8WHs built. Twenty of these locomotives were delivered to Amtrak in 1991 and numbered 500 through 519. Today, the Dash 8-32BWH has been relegated to yard switching (mainly in Los Angeles, Oakland, Chicago, and Miami) and transfer service, displaced by the newer and more powerful GE Genesis, but the Dash 8s occasionally substitute for the Genesis units if necessary and Pacific Surfliner units as well during Del Mar Horse Racing Season. They are usually used in the west coast for the Coast Starlight, Pacific Surfliner, San Joaquin, Capital Corridor and Cascades trains. Two of the locomotives, 501 and 502, were purchased by the California Department of Transportation and renumbered 2051 and 2052, and received the Amtrak California paint scheme. They are used on the Capitol Corridor, San Joaquin trains.* The Barton Dam is on the Huron River in Washtenaw County, Michigan and is used for hydroelectric power. Construction was completed in 1913. At normal levels the lake that it creates has a surface area of 315 acres and is a perfect place to hang out, go fishing, kayaking, or boating. It is owned by the City of Ann Arbor and is one of the most popular hiking and get-away-from-it-all parks in the Ann Arbor Parks and Recreation department. City parks and trails follow the NS Michigan Line through town except for two short easements which are private property. This location is about a mile west of the West Ann Arbor switch, the Michigan Line crosses over the Huron River here at Barton Dam. It is one of several river bridges that the old New York Central/nee Michigan Central built between Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. * Shamelessly lifted from Wikipedia. Photo copyright © 2000-2014 Jeff Knorek
Posted on: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 15:40:45 +0000
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