And your beautiful Bridge picture does not deserve to hide behind blue text.
There She is, ...Extravagant and I don't even remember the last time I used that word
Thanks for posting that one Overmod
I wonder if anyone has enough room to model this one on their layout
TF
Another thread hog here...sorry:
This is a five-span combination bridge at Hortonville, Nova Scotia, across the Gaspereau River. The railroad was the Dominion Atlantic.
Out of good view at far left, a girder, followed by two Warren trusses in succession, yet another girder, and the remnants of what must have been an original piling timber trestle at far right.
This is the view looking from the far, out-of-view initial girder in the first image. You can see the super in the curve.
Never no need for sorry
I like a thread hog Selector! Be one anytime and that goes for all.
Extreme interest in your post because all of my bridges on my layout are curved and I have had to deal with that for three years and I'm a bit over halfway there.
Thank-You Selector Please be a post hog any time!
In the words of model railroader Crocodile Dundee, That's not a bridge, this is a bridge
Built 1835 when an SD70 was a couple of horses and 100 ton coal cars were science fiction, which wasn't invented in 1835 either. I walked across that bridge, one of the dumbest things I ever did.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Track fiddlerAnd your beautiful Bridge picture does not deserve to hide behind blue text.
Agreed!
NY_Connecting-HellGate by Edmund, on Flickr
That must be Gustav Lindenthal front-center for the portrait.
A hundred-four years old and still performing the duty it was designed for and looking beautiful to boot! I had the priveledge and honor to have ridden across the bridge maybe a dozen occasions. A thrill every time.
Benjamin Henry Latrobe II was twenty-four years old when he designed "Latrobe's Folly" — the Thomas Viaduct. Built on a 4.5° curve and a slight grade, it survives today as Henry states. I can name a dozen friends that couldn't change a tire at 24!
Imagine trying to convince the B&O board to spend the money on a 26 foot wide deck when the thought of heavy traffic on double-track railroad was inconceivable at the time?
Cheers, Ed
Incredible History Ed!
I would have to be honest and say all news to me. Very interesting news if I can say the least
And what a Stone Viaduct piece of art that is Henry!
And a Chessie system coming over it
Being that you walked over that Bridge was kind of dumb in your words but your feet are much better today than mine!
My feet don't have a good enough story to tell like yours
See!
I hate to admit it but sometimes I'm dumb as a bag of rocks.
Now I just learned tonight Viaduct is a bridge invented by Thomas
At least I learned it!
Thanks Ed
I had return to the other side, realizing if a train came, I wasn't fast enough to get off the bridge. If two trains came, I would have burrowed between the two tracks.
It wasn't Thomas, who invented the train of the same name, it was one of those Romans, Caesar or Mark Anthony. https://www.britannica.com/technology/viaduct
This Tressel means more to me than you will ever know.
I grew up with Her with all my friends. On a weekend none of us felt complete until we ended up there with her. She was always calling us
This Bridges sent of creosote mixed with the chocolate Factory's chocolate across the four tracks was like candy to our noses!
I go visit Her every spring!
I used to walk up these tracks when they were still there.
Where did the time go away with them?
It isn't quite the same there anymore. But neither am I or my friends and I still talk to them
That does make a lot of sense Henry.
When you look at the old school Roman Ruins! They are all arches and pillars way before they started to think about trains traveling across the Earth
That makes a lot of sense to me!
FF to 6:00 minutes
I don't have a current bridge to post right now.
But you do!
Is that a Musky or what?
I would have put him back in the lake if I caught him.
He's too old to keep but back to Bridges if you got em
Go ahead and post em.
gm pullman wrote (of the Hell Gate): "A hundred-four years old and still performing the duty it was designed for and looking beautiful to boot! I had the priveledge and honor to have ridden across the bridge maybe a dozen occasions. A thrill every time."
It's more of a thrill when you're runnin' the train.
Been over that several thousand times. Freight for Conrail. Passenger for Amtrak. Just about always the highlight of the trip.
OldEnginemanIt's more of a thrill when you're runnin' the train.
The only time I got close to being in the "Cab" while going over was when I rode in the lead dome of the U-A Turbotrain and could look over the engineer's shoulder during the trip. It was after dark but still fascinating.
A TurboTrain Dome Ride, 4 Photos by Marty Bernard, on Flickr
Great Fun!
Not prototypical at all but functions for the situation dealt
The Alligator Bridge seemed to be a good solution at the time.
She was hard to put together and I swore a lot