Did You Ever See A Boat Cross The Road

The Big Chute Marine Railway is the last exciting lock on the TSW. Technically it is not a lock but a railway that moves boats overland to the body of water on the other side. There were two of them when the system was completed but the other one has been replaced with a lock. The Big Chute (lock #44 in the system) was a scary concept until we went to look at it and then, like many other things in boating and in life, once I understood how it works it was not such a big deal. In fact it was fun.

This is the point at which the boats actually do cross the road, you can see the guard gate that stops the traffic.

Now down the BIG hill on the other side

Here they are entering the railway "car" which calls for careful piloting, aka good boat driving skills.

This shot shows the support posts and the slings that rise out of the bottom of the car to support the boats for the ride across.