SP #745 Steam Locomotive Bridge Shots Taken in June of this year between Liberty MO and Kearney MO as it was steaming up the old CB&Q Kearney Branch.
Bridge over the Potomac River at Shepherdstown, WV Sorry.....first time....my photo was too large to be accepted.
Some bridges in Bucyrus,Oh. This bridge is located on a connector track on the NS. This is the old T&OC/NYC bridge. This bridge is on the former PRR FT.Wayne line now CFE.
Here's a shot i took last year of VIA #92 (Toronto to Niagara Falls) on the Whirlpool Bridge. Originally double track, it carries cars on the lower level, and a single track carries one train each way/day on the upper level. Amtrak's "Maple Leaf" (New York to Toronto) is the only train using this bridge, except for detour traffic. This is the only railway span still with tracks in Niagara Falls. The former Michigan Central Arch Bridge (later PC/CR/CP) is to the right out of shot and no longer carries any rail traffic. These bridges span the might Niagara River.
How about a bridge over a train Train under bridge and bridge over train (if only there would have been a train)
Pictures of Bridges, Sunset Route, San Antonio I am not much of a railfan. I like to make models, but getting cold and wet seems a hard way to get a picture when I can just look at one on RailImages, know what I mean? OTOH, I had to get a picture of a bridge for a contest. How hard can that be? I know of two bridges about four miles from my home, so I will just get a picture of the one at Kirby Yard. No worries. I get the picture of the first bridge and then I am off to the local train show. But, it is only seven miles to the train show, so I will just follow Gibbs Sprawl Road which follows the track and take a picture of any other bridge along the track on the way there. Little did I know, there are seven bridges in seven miles! I had started the task, so I couldn't just quit, could I? Here is the Google Earth picture with the bridges numbered in their locations. Hope you can see it. More later and a picture of each bridge.
Sunset Route, First Bridge This is the first bridge at the east end of Kirby Yard and is about 100 feet long, a ballasted, steel deck bridge. The west bound autoracks (west to the left; this view is to the north) are standing still and waiting to get into the autorack unload facility. The yard ladder starts immediately to the left after the bridge. I thought this bridge was a combination wood-steel structure, but it appears that it is now all steel. This is the single track main line on the Sunset Route - Los Angeles to New Orleans and is also the route that NS and UP are now going to use for container traffic from Los Angeles, CA to Jacksonville, FL. As you can see, this is also a road low water crossing. The depth guage is on the right. There has been a lot of rain in January and normally this stream is dry. This next picture is a diagram of the crossing area. I think this would make a very interesting model for a yard throat road, especially with the water crossing the road. Not all the bridges in this series of seven are as large as this bridge. More later this week.
I already entered one. I entered the only one I took with an engine on it. I really liked some of the other bridges better, so I decided to put all of them up here. I think it will be a good example of prototypical very small bridges. It is interesting to me that they are so small that they are not culverts, but they are indeed bridges.
Flash, Obviously that bridge has been re-built (several times?) It used to be wooden when I lived in Woodlake, and earlier in Converse. It was our only way to get to Rittiman or I-35 from the old Seguin Rd. There were no crossing btwn there and Converse. Doc
Sunset Route over Oyster Creek with old sugar refinery in background. Catty-wompus view of Brazos River bridge on the Sunset Route in Richmond, Texas. Close up of the rust on Brazos bridge.
Here are mine This is the Union Pacific lift bridge in Downtown Saint Paul Minnesota. This is an ancient bridge that still sees very regular service. This line is former Chicago Northwestern.
