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( Bridge Hunter , 3D Satellite ) Bob Freitag shared BNSF lift bridge, Prescott, WI from BNSF Historical Society Facebook Page. Carolyn Susor commented on Bridge Hunter: I call this the "Mickey Mouse" bridge because the tower sheaves look like Mickey Mouse's ears. Ted Gregory updated Ted Gregory Ted and 1 other manage the membership, moderators, settings, and posts for Fascinating Railroad Structures.   The BNSF (CB&Q) drawbridge across the St Croix is actually on the MN/WI state line. In this view, I am standing on the Prescott, WI side. This bridge can be a serious bottleneck as its double track on both ends. This is BNSF's Twin Cities to Galesburg, IL mainline. At Galesburg, IL, BNSF comes in from 6 different directions in to a massive hump yard (most traffic continues to Chicago). Marty Bernard   The BNSF does have a line from Savanna to Galesburg. Don;t know what shape it is in. Ted Gregory Ted and 1 other manage the membership, moderators, settings, and posts...

Dennis DeBruler posted four photos with the comment: A Joe Usselman photo, used with permission. Joe's comment: "A crappy shot of the BRC while standing on the former PRR Cummings branch in Chicago in 2010." Bob Lalich commented: "The ex-PRR Cummings Branch was abandoned in the early 70s I believe, and the bridge over the BRC was removed to provide better clearance. It branched off the Ft Wayne line just west of Rock Island Jct, passed over the BRC to South Works, Rock Island and BRC to 100th St tracks on its own bridges, then paralleled the BRC down to 105th St." Additional comments are on the photos. 1 The train in the background on the left is on the BRC-NS/Pennsy connector. It is one of the few tracks left in the Rock Island Junction. The bridges from left (north) to right are a B&OCT remnant of a Strauss trunnion bascule, 2 NYC abandoned lift bridges, a hole where a PRR lift bridge used to be, the NS/PRR lift bridge, and the Skyway. 2 This abandoned ove...

( Bridge Hunter ; Historic Bridges has 11 bridges in Buck County, but not this one;  HAER ;  3D Satellite ) Photo from HAER PA,9-YARD,8--1 from pa3720 [We see the piers of the previous Whipple truss bridge .] Jim Perry posted Reading RR bridge over the Delaware River. CSX & SEPTA use it now. Shane Blische   This concrete arch bridge at Yardley, P.A. was built by Philadelphia & Reading Railroad in 1913, replacing a much older wooden truss bridge co-built in 1876 by the North Penn Railroad and Delaware & Bound Brook Railroad. These two companies were constr ucting the National Railway which was intended to compete with Pennsylvania Railroad's New York Division (today the NorthEast Corridor). The NPRR an D&BB were absorbed into P&R by 1879. P&R reorganized as Reading Railroad (RDG) in 1924. Used by SEPTA's West Trenton Line and CSX's Trenton Subdivision, this bridge sees approximately 30 trains a day. Norfolk Southern crosses the Delaware River ...

( 1874 Bridge Hunter , 1896 Bridge Hunter , 1932 Bridge Hunter , no Historic Bridges, John Marvig ,  Satellite ) 1932 Bridge Hunter has a timeline of the saving of this bridge. Of note, the MO AG sued the MO DNR director to not give the bridge back to UP. UP wanted to move some of the spans to another project. The rails-to-trails web-presence Wayne Lammers posted  four photos with the comment: Hi. I'm a new member to this FB page. These are some of my Boonville, MO Katy (MKT) railroad bridge collection. This bridge was built and finished in1873. It was changed over the years and was given to the city of Boonville. We are presently converting it to be a large part of the Missouri Katy Trail State Park. If there is interest, I will post more images of our beautiful 408 foot lift span bridge. The last photo is what it looks like now. 1 Construction of the MKT railroad bridge in 1872. 2 This is the south Boonville entrance to the finished, MK&T RR Bridge. Just look how they bu...

( Bridge Hunter ) Satellite Sam Busic posted Former PRR bridge, Massillon OH, built in 1948, it curves as it spans the water, making it somewhat unique. Herb Wilson Herb and 704 others joined RAILROAD BRIDGES, TRESTLES, TUNNELS AND CUTS within the last two weeks. Give them a warm welcome into your community!   still in use? Sam Busic Sam and 704 others joined RAILROAD BRIDGES, TRESTLES, TUNNELS AND CUTS within the last two weeks. Give them a warm welcome into your community!   Yes it is...I saw some Norfolk Southern cars around there today. Dennis DeBruler   Bridge Hunter indicates it is now used by a short line, R J Corman  https://www.google.com/.../@40.7920858,-81.../data=!3m1!1e3 Tom Lane   I think that is an awesome bridge, always loved the curve/skew combination of that bridge with vertical and enclined end posts. It was built in 1948, which is rather late for a truss RR bridge. In the satellite image it appears you can see the piers of the previous bridge...

( Bridge Hunter (has several construction photos below John's photos), Historic Bridges , John Weeks III ,  Satellite ) John Weeks III Technically this is not an arch bridge. Judging from this construction photo, it is a cantilever bridge. But I also labeled it as an arch bridge to make it easier to find. Photo from Bridge Hunter, Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923 Jordan Palmer posted two photos with the comment: Wisconsin Central Bridge at Arcola, Minnesota then and now. Built in 1884 by Union Bridge and Iron Works it was part of WCs route from Chippewa Falls to St. Paul. The original bridge was removed on February 28 1916 following replacement with the Arcola Highbridge completed in 1909. First photo is from Minnesota Historical Society, second one is mine from several years ago. 1 2 Harvey Henkelmann commented on Jordan's posting And here is it's famous replacement Digitized by Google Jordan Palmer posted two photos with the comment: Couple more shots of my favorit...

Satellite plus Paint The Great Bend Tunnel was constructed by the C&O in 1870-72, and it was over a mile long. It made the reputation for John Henry as "the steel driving man" because he had a race with a steam-driven drill. [ History of West Virginia Railroad s, search for John Henry] Jackie Fry , cropped

( Bridge Hunter , Historic Bridges , HAER , Satellite  56+ photos) Note the date, 1848. This is one of the last stone arch bridges built because the use of wrought iron trestles was developed. The variance in the height of the stones is interesting. Photo  from PA,58-LANBO,1--18  from pa1270 GENERAL VIEW FROM NORTHWEST - Erie Railway, Delaware Division, Bridge 189.46, Spanning Starucca Creek, East of Susquehanna River, Lanesboro, Susquehanna County, PA Postcard circa 1907 from Bridge Hunter Alexander T Davidson commented on his posting Photo  By HPhistorysocietylady [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons Dale Woodland posted February 15, 1969 eastbound train pushed by one of two remaining FM Trainmasters over Starucca Viaduct with a D&H train about to come under the bridge. Gerard Geisler posted Erie Railroad promotional brochure.

( Bridge Hunter , Historic Bridges , Satellite ) Historic Bridges Stu Levene photo : The seldom-photographed Sciotoville (Limeville) Bridge towers above a CSX train of 129 empty coal hoppers. The shot was taken from on top of the parapet at the south side of the bridge. Appalachian Railfan photo : A coal train makes it way westbound (TT Direction) with coal destined for points north as the final light of day is setting over the Ohio River. A scene like this only makes me reflect on a time when it was possible to see C&O Superpower haul miles of black diamonds along this route. What a sight that would have been to see. "This bridge held the record for longest continuous truss span [775'] in the world from its opening until 1945. See April 2000 Trains Magazine for an article on this bridge." [Bridge Hunter] It was also the heaviest. [Historic Bridges] "It remains today the mightiest bridge ever built from the point of view of its load capacity." [ cohs ] McCli...

The Borman Express is that part of I-80+I-94 between I-65 and the Indiana border, I avoid using it and I-64 by taking the I-355, I-80, I-57, US-52 route. That route has the added advantage of avoiding I-294. But I recently went with my daughter to Athens, OH. Since she was driving, we took the route suggested by her GPS, which was the route I used in the 20th Century: I-294, I-80, I-65. I mentioned before  that I think of Borman as "dead mans alley" because you have to brake from highway speeds to creeping along. I'm happy to report that this safety issue is gone because now you creep the whole distance. I didn't have access to my camera, or this blog would probably be spammed by photos of an interstate crammed with trucks. But of particular note is that the two lane ramp from I-65 to Borman was creeping along with mostly trucks. Furthermore, I-65 northbound was all jammed up because of the clogged ramp. The ramp would have been clogged because westbound, as well as e...