Before all this Covid stuff happened, Washington State ok'd funding to make this passable as part of the state trail. Be nice to finally walk across this legally...... Hopefully the monies will stay in place now and get this done.
A neat photo and such an awesome structure! I'm assuming that it's another MILW engineering masterpiece. I there a reason why the bridge wasn't dismantled?
After the line was abandoned, the state of WA took possession of the bridge and some right-of-way to cover taxes owed by the MILW. Not long thereafter the bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
At the south end of the Atlantic Coast Line's yard at Florence, SC stood RA Tower which once protected the numerous passenger station tracks and branches to Darlington, SC and Sumter, SC. I don't know when it was removed from service. This photo was taken in 1992 and RA has since been razed.
Another photo of an LIRR VW hi-rail vehicle: https://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g32/lirrconductor/volks.jpg More info on those vehicles: http://sbiii.com/lirr9etc.html#livwrbus
That is so cool. Looking at the photo, it must have been a cantankerous process to get them on and off the rail. Not fun work in January in Montauk. I sent your link on to my wife Point353. She drives a VW and we're both huge VW fans. Maybe we can adapt this to her Golf?
These two slides combine for a happy story. The top slide from 1992 shows 4-6-0 ACL 1031 on display at Florence, SC, fading away after being on display there since 1959. The bottom slide from 1996 shows the 1031 in her new permanent home, cosmetically restored at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, NC.
