Thank you. I wish there was a way to see the bridge from the ground but there really isn't unless you park and walk a bit. There seemed to be a train every five minutes while I was there
The cargo facilities in Toledo are pretty incredible. If you search, you can find a decent spot to check most of them out without a drone or trespassing. I hope you're able to check it out.
Interesting video. All that grain dust on the deck must be a real mess on a rainy day. I like suspension bridges too. The two opposing arcs of the roadway and the suspension cables are very graceful.
nice job showing us how a self unloading ship works, I wonder if it had passed through the swing bridge that you showed or came up another way. You mentioned the ship of those class can carry a variety of cargos but I can’t imagine it could switch from carrying rocks to wheat without a lot of cleaning inside? Thanks
It would have arrived and departed through the swing bridge. It is on the only route exiting the area and heading back to Lake Erie. I'm not sure how, but the crews apparently give the cargo holds quite a hose down before they take on the next load of cargo. I'm sure there are plenty of regulations regarding what a crew must do when switching from something like iron ore pellets or coal to corn or wheat.
My guess would be that since it's in an outdoor space, the dust is less dangerous and less likely to ignite. I'm sure there are plenty of no smoking signs on shore and aboard the ship though.
Algoma ships that take grain down to the Gulf of St Lawrence, operate in salt water once downbound past Quebec City. A return trip there traverses 32 locks on a return trip. These ships deliberately rub up against lock approach walls as enter the locks; thus all the scrape marks, especially near the bow. Paint job may not look pretty but no damage done.
I’ve heard with the rust on ships, most of it is to do with ships that more often travel the Wellend Canal system. Each time a ship goes through a lock they’re going to rub up against the sides of the lock, and it’s especially bad when there’s a series of locks (unlike the Soo Locks: with its single lock isn’t nearly as bad)
Everyone I've asked about says rust/corrosion is only an issue for the "salties (ocean vessels)." It just doesn't make sense If your car gets a rust spot, it spreads and ruins the car unless you do something about it and remove the rust and seal it up. It must be with the weights and forces being exerted by these ships, there's no way to protect them that wouldn't be torn up within a few trips through a lock or docking a couple of times.
@@nkyrailfan it's a different steel and thickness! ship steel is a more pure steel basically purpose made steel and car steel is scrap remelt more akin to a dog pound mutt hard telling what alloys are mixed in it!! thickness plays a major role in the spread in rust spreading! i've been told rust can be like a campfire where light kindling catches and burns faster than the thicker fuel logs do!
@keithmoore5306 thanks for the great information. I just assumed it was of a similar grade as car steel and not that it might be a higher quality with better rust/corrosion inhibitor properties.
some of those booms have camera systems and some have remote setups something like yard slugs do where the operator can get on deck and see where it's going!! freshwater rust is more cosmetic than damaging compared to saltwater induced rust it's not much of an issue as long as regular maintenance is done and the paint forget that's from lock and dock rubbing it'd be a losing battle to keep the paint fixed and trust me barges are even worse with them it's a heavy coat of industrial primer or rail car type paint and done most of the time!!
@@nkyrailfan i'll tell ya as small as some of these cameras are and the housing that some have if you do spot one you need to be a spotter on a sniper team!!! no joke the fire dept got a new ladder truck with a remote water cannon on it which has a camera on the cannon assembly i was standing at most arms length away from it looking straight at it and couldn't see the camera until it was pointed out by the company delivery guy!!
@keithmoore5306 oh wow! That's pretty incredible. I didn't realize they were that small. I guess technology just keeps improving and they can shrink everything down.
@@nkyrailfan i know for a fact the intel community has a camera system the size of a tylanol capsule that;'s a complete unit camera battery good for 30 days and transmitter with about a half mile range! and they've had that close to a decade!!
Actually, that ship had to go through the swing bridge to get to the grain silo and will traverse it again to get back to Lake Erie. I must imagine it's only got about a foot or two of clearance on each side.
@@ghostgardenfarms It fits, barely. But that's the route out to the lake. Plus there are two bascule bridges and two more swing bridges, in addition to two high-level bridges, on the way out to the lake.
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Your videos are always interesting and informative. Thank you very much!
Thumbs up on the train action too!
Thank you.
I wish there was a way to see the bridge from the ground but there really isn't unless you park and walk a bit.
There seemed to be a train every five minutes while I was there
love your videos dude
Awesome Video!!!
On my bucket list to go see
The cargo facilities in Toledo are pretty incredible.
If you search, you can find a decent spot to check most of them out without a drone or trespassing.
I hope you're able to check it out.
Another great one, thanks and keep them coming!
Interesting video. All that grain dust on the deck must be a real mess on a rainy day.
I like suspension bridges too. The two opposing arcs of the roadway and the suspension cables are very graceful.
I didn't even think about what a mess that would be on a rainy day.
That grain dust must turn into a sludgey mess.
3:38 they have to keep the hatch open to vent gran dust so they don’t have a gran dust explosion
nice job showing us how a self unloading ship works, I wonder if it had passed through the swing bridge that you showed or came up another way. You mentioned the ship of those class can carry a variety of cargos but I can’t imagine it could switch from carrying rocks to wheat without a lot of cleaning inside? Thanks
It would have arrived and departed through the swing bridge.
It is on the only route exiting the area and heading back to Lake Erie.
I'm not sure how, but the crews apparently give the cargo holds quite a hose down before they take on the next load of cargo.
I'm sure there are plenty of regulations regarding what a crew must do when switching from something like iron ore pellets or coal to corn or wheat.
thanks the other thing I wondered about how they prevent fires from starting with all the dust, I know some coal silos have had this problem 😊
My guess would be that since it's in an outdoor space, the dust is less dangerous and less likely to ignite.
I'm sure there are plenty of no smoking signs on shore and aboard the ship though.
Algoma ships that take grain down to the Gulf of St Lawrence, operate in salt water once downbound past Quebec City. A return trip there traverses 32 locks on a return trip. These ships deliberately rub up against lock approach walls as enter the locks; thus all the scrape marks, especially near the bow. Paint job may not look pretty but no damage done.
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I’ve heard with the rust on ships, most of it is to do with ships that more often travel the Wellend Canal system. Each time a ship goes through a lock they’re going to rub up against the sides of the lock, and it’s especially bad when there’s a series of locks (unlike the Soo Locks: with its single lock isn’t nearly as bad)
Everyone I've asked about says rust/corrosion is only an issue for the "salties (ocean vessels)."
It just doesn't make sense
If your car gets a rust spot, it spreads and ruins the car unless you do something about it and remove the rust and seal it up.
It must be with the weights and forces being exerted by these ships, there's no way to protect them that wouldn't be torn up within a few trips through a lock or docking a couple of times.
@@nkyrailfan it's a different steel and thickness! ship steel is a more pure steel basically purpose made steel and car steel is scrap remelt more akin to a dog pound mutt hard telling what alloys are mixed in it!! thickness plays a major role in the spread in rust spreading! i've been told rust can be like a campfire where light kindling catches and burns faster than the thicker fuel logs do!
@keithmoore5306 thanks for the great information.
I just assumed it was of a similar grade as car steel and not that it might be a higher quality with better rust/corrosion inhibitor properties.
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I used to live in Rossford!
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some of those booms have camera systems and some have remote setups something like yard slugs do where the operator can get on deck and see where it's going!! freshwater rust is more cosmetic than damaging compared to saltwater induced rust it's not much of an issue as long as regular maintenance is done and the paint forget that's from lock and dock rubbing it'd be a losing battle to keep the paint fixed and trust me barges are even worse with them it's a heavy coat of industrial primer or rail car type paint and done most of the time!!
Thanks for the information.
I do appreciate it.
Now, I'll need to start looking for remote controlled cameras on the booms.
@@nkyrailfan i'll tell ya as small as some of these cameras are and the housing that some have if you do spot one you need to be a spotter on a sniper team!!! no joke the fire dept got a new ladder truck with a remote water cannon on it which has a camera on the cannon assembly i was standing at most arms length away from it looking straight at it and couldn't see the camera until it was pointed out by the company delivery guy!!
@keithmoore5306 oh wow! That's pretty incredible. I didn't realize they were that small. I guess technology just keeps improving and they can shrink everything down.
@@nkyrailfan i know for a fact the intel community has a camera system the size of a tylanol capsule that;'s a complete unit camera battery good for 30 days and transmitter with about a half mile range! and they've had that close to a decade!!
@keithmoore5306 today's technology is incredible.
I take it that swing brige is not meant for for big ships like the one unloading the wheat it's carrying to go up river huh
Actually, that ship had to go through the swing bridge to get to the grain silo and will traverse it again to get back to Lake Erie.
I must imagine it's only got about a foot or two of clearance on each side.
@@nkyrailfan It doesn't look big enough for it to fit through, but I take your word for the information
@ghostgardenfarms I'll try and catch one going through.
The swing bridge is the only route to get to this dock.
@@ghostgardenfarms It fits, barely. But that's the route out to the lake. Plus there are two bascule bridges and two more swing bridges, in addition to two high-level bridges, on the way out to the lake.
Hate the fact that this ship was built in China, not America!