HAMILTON, Ohio — The move is in progress today for the first of two structures that make up the Hamilton, Ohio, railroad station — a structure dating to the 1850s and with a history including visits from at least four U.S. presidents.
The station, donated to the city by CSX Transportation, is being located from its trackside location to a site about 1,100 feet away on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Today’s move of the two-story station building will be followed in January by the move of a single-story structure [see “Hamilton, Ohio, station nears move,” Trains News Wire, Dec. 15, 2022]. Costs for the move are estimated at $1.9 million.
Future use for the relocated station has yet to be determined.
Where is Jaw Tooth?
He is supposed to be around there somewhere. It’s one of his favorite video haunts.
“Start the video son”
He was there and posted videos on his YouTube channel.
George, it’s a hydraulic power pack diesel or gas engine diving a hydraulic pump. Coupled with a radio control system that operates the solenoid valves to drive or turn the wheel assemblies.
It looks like the prime mover is inside the yellow box on the front, guided remotely by someone on the ground. The details of this arrangement would be interesting.
Does look pretty cool, I’ve only seen a trucks pulling structures before.
I think that is how it works- much like a locomotive, the yellow box houses a diesel engine that spins a generator, then that power is fed to electric motors on each axle.
Apparently It’s hydraulic. Diesel-hydraulic locomotives never caught on, but apparently they work fine for moving buildings.