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A railroad bridge across the Connecticut River

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Posted by dstarr on Monday, June 8, 2009 7:18 AM

TrainManTy

Over the Connecticut?  What town is it in?

 

Lunenburg,  North of Littleton, almost to Lancaster.  Way north.  Woodsville is like 30 miles south and west of here.

 

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Posted by mikelhh on Monday, June 8, 2009 6:37 AM

 Fascinating pics. Thanks!

 

 Mike

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Posted by Guilford Guy on Monday, June 8, 2009 6:30 AM

Woodsville NH I believe.

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 8, 2009 6:21 AM

Over the Connecticut?  What town is it in?

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Posted by MPRR on Sunday, June 7, 2009 10:56 PM

Thats a pretty sweet bridge!! I think I've seen a few pics here in the forum of modelers bridges that looked just like that. I really like the rust on the bridge. Good perspectives in the different shots.

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A railroad bridge across the Connecticut River
Posted by dstarr on Sunday, June 7, 2009 10:17 PM

Driving thru upstate New Hampshire I happened upon this bridge.  It is pike sized, and won't require all that deep a river channel under the bridge.

 

This is the upper reaches of the Connecticut River, upstream from Moore Dam at Littleton.  The river is still navigable here, at least by canoes.  The B&M certainly didn't leave much headroom for bigger boats.

Here is the entrance to the bridge from NH, going west into VT.

And we have a battered builder's plate, giving the date of construction.

NH State Rt 116 crosses the tracks.  From the rust on the rail heads trains haven't crossed the road here in years, but the crossbucks are still ready to protect automobile traffic.  I failed to get the hockey stick shaped "raise flanger here" sign into the picture.

They use insulated rail joiners on the prototype too.  I think this one operates the cross buck flashers, although it is very close to the road.  I would have expected it a hundred yards back from the road so the flashers start well before the train arrives.

And a bulky control box to operate the crossbucks.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

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