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Mystery Bridge
Posted by rjemery on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 4:02 AM

Can anyone identify the bridge or trestle accompanying the following article:

http://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/3548979/banking-and-capital-markets-corporations/railroads-seek-new-routes-to-profit-in-wake-of-commodities-slump.html

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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 4:31 AM

Got an error, even when trying to find the article via search on the site.

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Posted by rjemery on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 5:23 AM

Nothing wrong with the URL I provided.  I lifted it from the original posting and pasted it into two different browsers.  Success each time.

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Posted by BaltACD on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 5:43 AM

tree68

Got an error, even when trying to find the article via search on the site.

 

Also got 'unhandled exception' error when trying to access.

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Posted by Norm48327 on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 6:06 AM

Based on the scenery, I'm going to guess Washington or Oregon.

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Posted by tdmidget on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 8:35 AM

rjemery

Nothing wrong with the URL I provided.  I lifted it from the original posting and pasted it into two different browsers.  Success each time.

 

 

Yes , there is. If it's not important enough for you to post a hot link, it's not important enough for everyone else to copy and paste.

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Posted by Bruce Kelly on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 8:47 AM

It's UP's Joso Bridge over the Snake River near Lyons Ferry State Park, WA. With some tacky alteration work done to the image. Map link here:

https://www.google.com/maps/@46.5978275,-118.228932,4102m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en

 

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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 8:52 AM

tdmidget

 

 
rjemery

Nothing wrong with the URL I provided.  I lifted it from the original posting and pasted it into two different browsers.  Success each time.

 

 

Yes , there is. If it's not important enough for you to post a hot link, it's not important enough for everyone else to copy and paste.

The problem I encountered has nothing to do with the quality of the link.  I went directly to the main site and did a search.  Finding the proper title, I clicked on it and got the same problem.  There was either a problem with the site itself, or the way Chrome handled it.

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Posted by rjemery on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 9:02 AM

Bruce Kelly

It's UP's Joso Bridge over the Snake River near Lyons Ferry State Park, WA. With some tacky alteration work done to the image. Map link here:

https://www.google.com/maps/@46.5978275,-118.228932,4102m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en

Thank you for the identification.

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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 11:15 AM

Just tried the link again, and it worked.  That is an interesting "edit" on the bridge...

I'm suspecting a glitch on their end, which they've now fixed.

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Posted by DSchmitt on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 1:51 PM

tdmidget

 

 
rjemery

Nothing wrong with the URL I provided.  I lifted it from the original posting and pasted it into two different browsers.  Success each time.

 

 

 

 

Yes , there is. If it's not important enough for you to post a hot link, it's not important enough for everyone else to copy and paste.

 

There is a problem with the Forums, sometimes links don't post as "hot".  I have posted links that I couldn't make "hot".  Making copying and pasting necessary.

However, I copied and pasted the Op's link here and it works.

http://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/3548979/banking-and-capital-markets-corporations/railroads-seek-new-routes-to-profit-in-wake-of-commodities-slump.html

It is necessary to hit the "enter" key after pasting to make the link "hot". Then post.  That is probably the reasom in this case (ie. the OP did't hit "enter") Although, for reasons unknown to me, this sometimes does not work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Posted by BaltACD on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 3:35 PM

In the REPLY screen there is a 'Link' Icon - in Firefox, bottom row of 3 and 4th Icon from the left.

Click it and it sets up a window to paste whatever link you have into the Url window - Click OK and away you go.  There aren't the same tools in the QUICK REPLY screen.

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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 6:30 PM

Occasionally I'll want to make just a word or phrase hot - and not show the entire URL, especially if it's really long.  

It can be done, but I'm sometimes reduced to going into HTML mode (source code) and doing the command line commando thing.  That usually works.

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Posted by Paul of Covington on Wednesday, May 4, 2016 4:40 PM

tdmidget
Yes , there is. If it's not important enough for you to post a hot link, it's not important enough for everyone else to copy and paste.

   A copy and paste takes about five clicks.   How many keystrokes did your message take?

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Posted by Lake on Thursday, May 5, 2016 9:49 PM

It only takes me one click to open with no copy and paste.

Highlite, right click on open in new tab and it opens. That simple.

The artical is a good read.

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