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Vermont flooding very serious bridge gone

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Vermont flooding very serious bridge gone
Posted by blue streak 1 on Wednesday, July 12, 2023 12:47 AM

Over 100 foot wash out.  Even roads closed for passengers stranded in Springfield.

Vermont flooding leaves section of train tracks suspended in mid-air (msn.com)

found aerial footage

Flood cleanup and railroad trestle destruction - YouTube

Note this wash out appears to be a RR trestle?\

EDIT:  My mistake not route of Vermonter.

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Posted by MidlandMike on Wednesday, July 12, 2023 9:05 PM

The track hanging over the washout was near Ludlow on the Green Mountain RR.

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Posted by CMStPnP on Sunday, July 16, 2023 6:07 PM

Looks like a good candidate for a suspension bridge now.

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Posted by BaltACD on Sunday, July 16, 2023 7:36 PM

Water, in all its forms, does things man can only dream of or have nightmares about.

Never too old to have a happy childhood!

              

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Posted by CMStPnP on Sunday, July 16, 2023 10:35 PM

I am surprised this country still has wood trestles.   I know you can inject chemicals into them to greatly extend their life but I think railroads should have replaced them by now.

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Posted by BaltACD on Monday, July 17, 2023 11:39 AM

CMStPnP
I am surprised this country still has wood trestles.   I know you can inject chemicals into them to greatly extend their life but I think railroads should have replaced them by now.

If it is structurally sound and doing more than the job it was designed to do - why replace it before its time?

Bridges that were designed 80 - 100 years and more ago - had no idea they would be required to handle 286K cars and locomotives that are even heavier.

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Posted by Erik_Mag on Monday, July 17, 2023 11:13 PM

BaltACD

Water, in all its forms, does things man can only dream of or have nightmares about.

90% of mankinds problems are due to fluids going where they are not supposed to go, or not going where they are suposed to go.

Attributed to Kelvin Throop III

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Posted by BaltACD on Monday, July 17, 2023 11:21 PM

Erik_Mag
 
BaltACD

Water, in all its forms, does things man can only dream of or have nightmares about. 

90% of mankinds problems are due to fluids going where they are not supposed to go, or not going where they are suposed to go.

Attributed to Kelvin Throop III

Don't forget the Ice Ages that were a force in shaping the North American continent, were water in its solid form.

A lot of the damage that resulted from the eruption of Mt. Saint Helens was from the steam that resulted from the magma contacting the snow pack on the mountain.

Never too old to have a happy childhood!

              

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