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 Post subject: Re: Railroad Bridges
PostPosted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 12:00 pm 

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There are some great railroad bridge photos on this NY public library digital collection site.

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/sea ... ad+bridges


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 Post subject: Re: Railroad Bridges
PostPosted: Mon Apr 19, 2021 10:43 pm 

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And now for something completely different. A railroad bridge? Well, sort of..


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 Post subject: Re: Railroad Bridges
PostPosted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 8:23 am 

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Sometimes there are disasters. Here are a few.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPCQorNFU6w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqpd5fCLsRI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COYp0f2vWDI


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 Post subject: Re: Railroad Bridges
PostPosted: Fri Apr 30, 2021 2:58 pm 

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Bascule Bridge. Article from a 1909 Railway and Locomotive Engineering journal.


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 Post subject: Re: Railroad Bridges
PostPosted: Sat May 01, 2021 11:05 am 

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Kinzua Bridge, Kushequa PA
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 Post subject: Re: Railroad Bridges
PostPosted: Sat May 01, 2021 11:27 am 

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Hi Rick

The photo showing the coach as a bridge where is it located? Thanks, Pat.

For starters, it is SORT OF a Covered Bridge, with windows,


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 Post subject: Re: Railroad Bridges
PostPosted: Sun May 02, 2021 8:49 am 

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Pat Fahey wrote:
Hi Rick

The photo showing the coach as a bridge where is it located? Thanks, Pat.

For starters, it is SORT OF a Covered Bridge, with windows,



It's in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia


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 Post subject: Re: Railroad Bridges
PostPosted: Sun May 02, 2021 8:50 am 

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Now this is a cool way to experience rail travel


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 Post subject: Re: Railroad Bridges
PostPosted: Tue May 04, 2021 9:16 am 

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Building a trestle bridge. Well, this is how the Army did it in 1870.

https://archive.org/details/organizatio ... 8/mode/2up?

https://archive.org/details/howitisdone ... tle+bridge


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 Post subject: Re: Railroad Bridges
PostPosted: Wed May 05, 2021 11:06 am 

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A 1906 article on cantilever bridges from Railway and locomotive engineering.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantileve ... 0one%20end

https://www.britannica.com/technology/b ... er-bridges


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 Post subject: Re: Railroad Bridges
PostPosted: Wed May 05, 2021 11:07 am 

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part 2


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 Post subject: Re: Railroad Bridges
PostPosted: Fri May 07, 2021 9:02 am 

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1906 article about arched bridges from Railway and locomotive engineering.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_bridge

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/en ... ch-bridges


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 Post subject: Re: Railroad Bridges
PostPosted: Tue May 11, 2021 7:48 pm 

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A 1906 article about BASCULE BRIDGES from Railway locomotive and engineering.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bascule_bridge

https://www.britannica.com/technology/bascule-bridge

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/en ... le-bridges


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 Post subject: Re: Railroad Bridges
PostPosted: Tue May 11, 2021 7:49 pm 

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part 2


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 Post subject: Re: Railroad Bridges
PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2021 8:12 am 

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Another article about Bascule bridges and a few pics.

https://www.structuremag.org/?p=14194


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