Trackside with Trains Vol. 312: "Tricky trackwork" is open for submissions

[Paul of Covington]

Steam1800's

The Lake Ponchartrain bridge photo by Nathan K. Burris at 5.8 miles long was not always the longest bridge in the U.S.  The Lucin cutoff 12 mile wooden rail trestle crossing the Great Salt Lake was the longest until 1959 when it was demolished.

    I'll see you and raise you one.   The original Lake Pontchartrain trestle as completed in 1883 was 21 miles long.   The ends over low marshes were filled in by 1896.  Down here it's hard to tell sometimes where land ends and water begins.

[JOHN WAGNER1]

Steam1800's

The Lake Ponchartrain bridge photo by Nathan K. Burris at 5.8 miles long was not always the longest bridge in the U.S.  The Lucin cutoff 12 mile wooden rail trestle crossing the Great Salt Lake was the longest until 1959 when it was demolished.

 

[Steam1800's]

The Lake Ponchartrain bridge photo by Nathan K. Burris at 5.8 miles long was not always the longest bridge in the U.S.  The Lucin cutoff 12 mile wooden rail trestle crossing the Great Salt Lake was the longest until 1959 when it was demolished.

[Brian Schmidt]

Congratulations to Crandell Overton for his winning photo in Trackside with Trains Vol. 311!

The theme for Vol. 312 is "tricky trackwork." Due to the shortened holiday week, please submit your images by 12 p.m. Central Daylight Time Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017, to [e-mail]. Only one submission should be sent per photographer. For full guidelines, go to trn.trains.com/photos-videos/trackside.