This late 1930s vintage photo, shows us cars parked around the railroad tracks, near ship yards somewhere on the Northwest Coast. The setting gives us a representative view of what was on the road back then, near the end of the Great Depression. One of the the oldest cars appears to be Model A Fords. Photo courtesy of Benjamin Ames.
Would anyone know why the track appears to have “double rails”? Like two rails in parallel, on each side of the track.
I don’t recall seeing that before.
Thanks.
Tom M.
Very good question Tom, hopefully one of our railfans will now why?
To add stability in the curve would be my guess.