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rock island railroader
December 16th, 2002, 08:53 AM
hello all, I am a northeastern native, looking to find any old photos of the buck falls trestle that was in use until the folding of the carbondale line.
More specfic the trestle was half way between starrucca and thompson P.A. This structure was alos locatated about 300 yards to the west of starrucca/buck falls. Any info is appreciated. thanks , and if this is the wrong place please let me know. THE ROCK

CP&E 3207
December 16th, 2002, 09:03 AM
Starruca Viaduct, supposedly the longest viaduct in the world.
Click Here (http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/el/bldg/starruca.jpg)

rock island railroader
December 16th, 2002, 10:10 AM
actually the viaduct is made of stone and concrete. This trestle is mad of iron. Here is a link to the only pic. i can find, besides the one i have from the mid 80's, while it was being torn down for scrap.
http://www.newvispub.com/HistorySigns/StSign-010.htm
thanks for looking, please keep looking though.

Rule 281
December 16th, 2002, 07:50 PM
I'm qualified over Starrucca but never heard any of the old heads I rode with talk about another bridge nearby. Any more specifics about where it was? I'll dig around in my stuff and see if I can find anything.