Southern Railway Bridges

[Dough]

I was originally asking this specificially about Georgia bridges, but now I am curious about them in general. Have any of you seen Sou railway bridges that either say Southern or have the symbol? I am looking for some here in Georgia, but I haven't found any yet, and nobody on here seems to know of any.

I found Seaboard, ACL, Central of Georgia, etc. Does anybody know how often Southern, or railroads in general put their names on bridges. It appears that they only did it on ones that are visible such as road overpasses. It also appears that this is no longer a common pratice on new bridges. When did they stop?

This is the only one that I could find a picture of: http://www.carrtracks.com/brdg4501.htm

Thanks!

[railroad65]

Back in the late 80's they removed all the SOUTHERN RAILWAY signs off the bridges around here (Danville, VA to Greensboro, NC). You would think they would have put up NORFOLK SOUTHERN signs in there place, but no.

Railroad65

[lonewoof]

Yeah, they painted out the "SOUTHERN" signs around here, sometime in the late '80's. Even painted out a "Welcome to Friendly Five Points" on a bridge near (duh) Five Points...

[CSXrules4eva]

Well I have to say I've never seen a railroad trestle or bridge with a specific railroad's name over it. I guess that was way before my time when that was in it's hay day. :( However, I have seen beautiful railroad bridges like the Starrucca Viaduct (prenounced strucka) here below. I took this picture "up state" Susquhanna County in PA. I climbed 110ft from the bottom to the top to get that picture. I just wish a train was going over it when I took that pic but the former Erie Lackawanna line isn't as busy as it used to be :(.

[Dough]

Well that's interesting that they painted over them. I guess I'll have to look for an old concrete overpass.

[MP57313]

On my travels I found a concrete overpass with "Southern Railway" cast into it. Virginia route 55, several miles east of Front Royal, Va.
There is a bridge still painted for "Southern Railway" in Orange, Va., but there are no heralds. It is about a mile west of the junction with the Buckingham Branch (former CSX/C&O).

[Dough]

Thanks for the information MP57313. Is the one that you saw on route 55 the one in the link above? Do you know if it is still there since that picture is quite dated.

[Anonymous]

In Erlanger, Kentucky next to the existing Depot/Museum, there is a Steel Girder Southern Railway Bridge (overpass) and it used to have the markings. I don't know if it still does, but the bridge is still in use by NS.

Bob in Detroit

[SALfan]

Don't know of any bridges which still have "Southern" markings, but there are a number of concrete bridges with "Seaboard" (Air Line) cast into them. There's one in Tallahassee, FL, and several adjacent to U.S. 1 between Petersburg, VA and Norlina, NC. All of them that are dated were built in 1929 - SAL must have spent a ton of money on concrete bridges that year.

Between Waycross and Valdosta, GA, there's a long trestle on CSX, the bridge portion of which is still lettered "ACL". The line runs within sight of U.S. 82 for miles and miles.

[Dough]

Thanks, I know that former CSX bridges have their names still on them. I also noticed that they tend not to worry about repainting the names on their metal bridges. I just can't seem to find any that say Southern. It appears that they didn't even bother casing them in concrete, and it sounds like they may have repainted many of the metal ones in the 80's.

[mvlandsw]

The B&O bridge over RT 224 near Lodi, Oh. has B&O capitol domes cast into the concrete. CSX has bolted a metal CSX sign over them.

[csxns]

Yes their is one in Gastonia NC on the double main it has the Southern serves the south Look ahead look south.

[Anonymous]

I can also think of an example in Georgia where one railroad is crossing over another. If you venture to Junction City, GA, where CSX's ex-ACL Atlanta-Waycross route crosses over Norfolk Southern's CofG, the black letters 'ACL RR' is still very conspicous on the silver painted bridge.

I have pictures of NS trains going beneath this bridge and CSX trains going overhead, but I'd give anything to catch trains from both lines at the bridge simultaneously!

[jockellis]

G'day, Y'all,
Since this post has morphed from Southern to all railroads, I will point out that the name West Point Route still graces the steel bridge over Metropolitan Ave in Atlanta. The street used to be named Stewart Avenue but Atlanta's city government changed it in hopes that the southside prostitutes might lose their way. They didn't and it is still called 'Ho Street. I've wondered if it might be possible to re-paint the silver paint of the bridge and the black lettering of the name to keep CSX from re-painting it with the modern name.
Jock Ellis
Cumming, GA US of A