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Sunday, August 8. 2010Line Report - August 6, 2010WIRE DOWN! The following report is from Gerry Dettloff who was drafted to help in an emergency repair last Friday.  The Problem On Friday morning a transverse span wire that supported the trolley wire span wires came down between the tail track diamond and the Diesel Shop driveway on the Car Line. The wire that came down ran from the steel center pole west between the tail track and the Car Line to a
pole near the tail track switch.
 Long Reach Roger Smessaert and I happened to both be on the property. I
was helping Roger hook up electrical connections for the Thomas Event. I was contacted about the emergency and Roger and I along with Carl Illwitzer went to look at the situation. Roger moved Truck 70 into position and shut off power to the Car Line. We tied off the hanging span wire to make the area safe. Then in the true spirit of the DC Line Dept, we went to do something
else!  Tight Squeeze Actually, a vendor for the Thomas Event was waiting for the power to be
connected to his set up area. We did that and then after lunch, went back to the line problem . The problem was caused when a wood strain broke in half on the center pole that apparently has every other span wire and overhead line attached. After Roger figured out how to get in there, he replaced the wood strain. We realigned the span wire and Roger tensioned it and attached it to the new wood strain. Then Roger re-energized the Car Line.  In the Air  Finishing Touches We were done by 3 PM and I put the Car Line back in service. |
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