BNSF/NP 1908 Hi-Line Bridge over Sheyenne River at Valley City

(Bridge Hunter, John Marvig, Satellite)

Jerry Huddleston Flickr 2009 Photo, License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)
When you get peaches, make peach cobbler! A pair of peachy SD70MACs drag coal buckets across the former NP Hi-Line Bridge at Valley City, ND. Opened in 1908 as part of a reworked main across ND, a 3,860' long and 162' tall bridge was required to span the valley.

1909 Postcard from Bridge Hunter

Ken Bryan posted
Eastbound coal train on the Hi-Line Bridge over the Sheyenne River in Valley City. 

John Marvig from Bridge Hunter
[An interesting patch job.]

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