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What is the construction visible from the St Paul (Union Station) web Cam #2?

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What is the construction visible from the St Paul (Union Station) web Cam #2?
Posted by JC UPTON on Monday, November 16, 2015 12:59 PM

Anyone have any knowledge what is the construction visible from the St Paul (Union Station) web Cam #2?

http://trn.trains.com/photos-videos/webcams/2015/01/stpaul-cam-2

from the Far East of the Sunset Route

(In the shadow of the Huey P Long bridge)

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Posted by wjstix on Monday, November 16, 2015 4:19 PM

Unfortunately I'm not able to get the cam to work on this PC. The new Lafayette bridge a little east of SPUD has been under construction for a year or two (seems like 20), maybe it's that? The bridge crosses Warner Road, and then the Mississippi River going south from the east edge of DT St.Paul.

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Posted by JC UPTON on Monday, November 16, 2015 4:30 PM

1.  try some other browser than IE (monzilla or chrome)

2. the construction seems to be track work immediately east of the N/S leg of the wye.

from the Far East of the Sunset Route

(In the shadow of the Huey P Long bridge)

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Posted by beaulieu on Monday, November 16, 2015 10:21 PM

CP Tie Gang has been working on both mains between Hoffman Ave. and Division St. replacing a lot of ties.

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Posted by wjstix on Friday, November 20, 2015 9:33 PM

OK I can see it now (thanks for the tip) and yes it's trackwork. Coming home from work everyday along this line I've been seeing 5-6 white pickups by the tracks, with 10-15 little yellow "minions" on the rails working away. Looks like they're putting up new signals over by the hump.

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