Worked on all tributaries of the Mississippi River system as I was working my way through college. When I graduated with a degree in transportation I was debt free.
this is my home town, the most impressive sight to see is a full loaded barge locking through. The rest of the town has gone down hill but i still go to the lock and dam everytime im back
If this is at Keokuk, the bridge is owned by the Keokuk Junction Railway in some combination with the City of Keokuk. As of late in the summer of 2013 the KJ was running one train each way each day across the bridge headed for La Harpe Il
The poles hold the transducers for depth sounders that are up on the bridges. The captains need to know what the depth is at the head of the two. The barges need at least 9 feet of water.
The bridge was originally the western terminus of the Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad. Today, it serves the Keokuk Junction Railway with occasional train crossings for interconnection and river terminal services. the bridges upper deck is abandoned. The river traffic (barges and boats) have the right-of-way, so the swing section remains open until a train needs to cross the river.
its not wide enough or deep enough in most locations, its also has a ton of super sharp curves that would be a monster to navigate with something like this
They do have the on Amazon when I worked for Ashland marathon petroleum they sold the Ashland to go down there along with a few Madison/Amherst boats on a ship
You know I can never get over the fact that these things have (turbos).....TURBOS ,that's a car thing why is it in a boat.....Its so interesting and mindfucking
Hans Knutson oh do not worry. I was always aware that towboats have turbos....I was just joking around I guess. With me living literally right by the Mississippi river levee in Louisiana, I wake up to towboats pretty much every morning.
Actually they are superchargers. I served in the Coast Guard. The cutters I served on had the same type of engines. In our case, two 2000 HP Detroit Diesel 16 cylinder locomotive engines. Most of these boats working the Mississippi have a total of 6000 HP or more.
@@michaelgarrity6090 incorrect. This particular towboat has 645 turbo EMD prime movers. While some EMDs and others can have Roots-style blowers (superchargers), this model has actual turbos.
+Gary Garretts He not a throttle jocky. What your listening to is the engine go in and out for or aft thrust. depending on what way the tow needs to be moved in the space he will change the engine power and or direction of thrust to control the tow. They have rudders infront and behind the screws to allow for vectored thrust in a way to make things happen quickly. Plus your listening to engine that aren't even running hard. They red line usually up around 900 rpm but rarely run much over 700 all day long.
+Gabe Kremer Thanks Gabe I'v only been on these boats for over 40 years and in the wheelhouse before you was boer , sounds like. All that revving the engines was bs, Idle in idle out. Iv done both.
That is one of aep old boats that they got screwed out of thank to Ole knoy that is a dravo viking class either fm baker, gl furr , an prientace, Robert m copper, and gc fournance but I am pretty sure fournance was sold years ago!
