Cantilever struck by bucket truck

cabman701 · Post by **cabman701** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 7:22 am

Came across this totally by accident (no pun intended)...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dtribby/3483615711/

Looks as though the gate mast is what is keeping the cantilever from falling to the ground all the way. Haven't seen anything like that before!

I'm pretty sure this is the signal in the above picture:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=178+block ... 99qh217xBw

illinoistrains · Post by **illinoistrains** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 1:42 pm

It looks like a train would probably finish the job.

weatherdan882002 · Post by **weatherdan882002** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 9:01 pm

cabman701 wrote: Looks as though the gate mast is what is keeping the cantilever from falling to the ground all the way.

I'd have to see other angles to support that fact. Also, the cantilever was never uprooted - you can see it snapped in half towards the base.