Old Capacity Recycled?

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Anonymous

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Old Capacity Recycled?

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 30, 2004 4:52 PM

UP plans lead to this NPR audio piece:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4192002

I was unable to find a picture of the bridge on Google.

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CShaveRR

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From: Lombard (west of Chicago), Illinois
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Posted by CShaveRR on Wednesday, December 1, 2004 12:56 AM

The September 1989 issue of Trains Illustrated had a good shot of a train crossing this bridge (pages 14-15).

Before getting into the argument about the merits of a bike trail versus UP scrapping the bridge, please know that (1) the bridge has been in the raised position, not usable for any traffic, since the line was abandoned; and (2) there is a highway bridge not far from this bridge, on which provision has been made for the bike trail.

Carl

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 1, 2004 10:23 PM

That's the Katy's MO River bridge at Boonville. Here's a couple of links to photos:

http://www.angelfire.com/journal/22train/images/mkt/kbridge2.JPG

http://www.angelfire.com/journal/22train/images/mkt/kbridge1.JPG

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