From the Lewes Junction Bridge and Railroad Association.
Did this trip also cross bridge 9C?
YouTube video of the move.

That was LAST year, mate........

EXACTLY.

The question remains on the floor.

Did the train including PRR 60 cross bridge 9C in May 2024?

Wesley

Not sure what you're getting at.

Are you suggesting that the bridge is perfectly safe and their suggestion that it needs work now before it can be used is a ruse?

Or are you suggesting taking PRR 60 over the bridge "broke" it?

There exists a potentially logical explanation for the course of events:
They got #60 out (one way, one last time) over what they HAD believed was a "safe" bridge, and subsequent inspection revealed some issue that stands to be corrected now (could be something as innocent as underscouring on a pier, or a few ties that should be replaced or track joints to be adjusted, not complete replacement).

I'm untrusting of the current administrators of the W&W to the point of malice, but I simply don't see this issue of #60 crossing the span as some "smoking gun" proving some scandalous lie. I consider the operation of PRR doodlebug 4662 over the span after their claims that the bridge needs repair to be a MUCH bigger piece of evidence that someone's fabricating convenient excuses. (And even then, there's a potential "out"--maybe the bridge IS "safe" for a lighter 4662 but not for a locomotive....... I mean, no one's sending the train over the bridge unmanned to be boarded at the other side, as happened on some last few in-service runs on soon-to-be-abandoned lines with questionable bridges.......)