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They differed primarily in the diameter of their driving wheels: the first design, Class 9P (LNER Class B3 from September 1923 [4]), had 6-foot-9-inch (2.06 m) diameter wheels, for express passenger service; [5] and the second, Class 9Q (LNER Class B7), had 5-foot-8-inch (1.73 m) wheels, for mixed-traffic work.
Originally named Warm Springs Road, it was renamed in 1967 after county highway commissioner Newton H. Templin, who had promoted the road's construction. [1] Until plans were canceled in 1980, the road was to continue east; a 1958 plan shows it extending to San Francisquito Canyon Road as an expressway, [2] and by 1975 it was to connect with Spunky Canyon Road near the Bouquet Reservoir.
The paving added about $1 million to the cost, for a total price of about $1.5 million (about $20.3 million in 2023) [27], which was not paid off until 1965. [48] Asphalt was added on top of the concrete for 20 miles (32 km) south from Swede's Cut in 1922, and in 1924 a number of blind curves were widened and straightened.
As heavy rain continued to fall in Southern California, the southbound I-5 was shut down for about eight hours Tuesday afternoon north of Castaic after a big rig accident, officials said.
The National 2.5 in Gauge Association continues to support live steam passenger hauling in 2.5-inch gauge using MES tracks. They use a "scale" appropriate to the original prototype modelling both standard and narrow gauge locomotives to run on 2.5-inch track. -1:16: 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (89 mm) A worldwide garden railroad scale.
The gauges served were 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) and 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in), though the 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Queensland did acquire 100 bogie-exchange compatible QLX wagons just in case. All the wagons involved had wagon codes ending in "X", such as VLX.
The collision on I-5 northbound near the Old Fairhaven Parkway was announced at 4:28 p.m. ... I-5 North traffic moving again following crash ... Sean 'Diddy' Combs accusers detail ongoing pattern ...
Expect to see traffic in North Jersey due to lane closures on I-80 and Route 1&9, and Disney on Ice at the Prudential Center. ... from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., on Nov. 1, Nov. 2 and Nov. 3.