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

UnknownOctober 17, 2018bridgeTrestle, rrMisc No comments

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.]

Burnt/CSX/L&N/Monon Bridge over East Fork White River near Bedford, IN

UnknownOctober 09, 2018bridgeTrestle, rrMonon No comments

Satellite

(no Bridge Hunter? I saved the satellite image to catch the log jam)

Carlton Crasher posted several photos with the comment:

Someone else posted back in February about this trestle thought I would bring some perspective from the other side of this bridge in Bedford, IN. On this side you have to cross a gate and walk 1/2 a mile or so. This is the one that burned in 2010.

Richard Koenig commented on Carlton's posting
Here's a shot of the same bridge, from the 1970s...

Power Far From Home

Canadian National GP38-2 number 5518 is on the point of a southbound L&N train on the former Monon between Louisville and Chicago. The location is the East Fork White River, just south of Bedford, Indiana.

Image by Richard Koenig, taken on 15 May 1977; from the collection of John Rust.

Some comments from Carlton's posting:

Dan Meno Great post Carlton! I especially appreciated the video. Can I assume this was an arson fire back in 2010? (if u know) I'm from INDY with family who grew up in Bedford. This trestle is crossing the White River I'm guessing?? Thanks!!

Carlton Crasher Dan Meno it was under suspicion at the same time the tulip trestle in green county caught fire multiple times that year. I'm actually not from the area and i don't know if they ever had a ruling on it. Just a bridge lover and had to stop!

Dan Meno Carlton Crasher Thx for your reply. I didn't even know abt the TulipT fires.

Carlton Crasher Dan Meno yeah same year from what I've read in 2010. CSX was offering a reward for information at the time. From what I've read this line was inactive other than some non CSX trains using it between Bedford and Louisville. CSX supposedly hadn't used it themselves since '93. Definitely nothing going across since 2010 though.

John Wilson I worked on the Old B&O line from Cincinnati to St Louis. From the late 1990s to 2007 we had trains out of Louisville that came through Mitchell, and used Washington, IN as a crew exchange terminal. In 2007, CSX rerouted the trains through Evansville/Vincennes/St Louis. Now, no trains run that way and the line Flora, IL to St Louis is shut down 93 miles.

UP/SP/Texas & New Orleans Pecos River High Bridges near Langtry, TX

UnknownOctober 05, 2018bridgeCantilever, bridgeTrestle, rrMisc No comments

(1892 Bridge Hunter, 1944 Bridge Hunter, HAER, Satellite)

The Pecos River gorge has been the location of two of the world's highest bridges: the 1892 Pecos Viaduct and the current structure, its 1944 successor. Increased traffic during World War II necessitated the replacement of this critical link on a major east-west railroad. Though built
under material and labor constraints caused by the war, this 1390'-6"-long continuous steel cantilever truss' austere design is nonetheless in harmony with its remote desert setting. The Pecos River High Bridge is also significant for technical achievements, such as its 275'-high slip-formed concrete piers. [HAER data, p1]

Mark Fuller posted
This is one of my favorite. Don’t look down!
Lang Thompson Says. Pecos High Bridge Ht 321 Ft, L 2100 Ft, The old bridge over the Pecos River near Langtry, Texas.
Peter Metrinko This is a fascinating bridge. I found a complete history of it.https://www.nps.gov/amis/learn/historyculture/viaduct.htmStrengthened, it was in use through WWII! The page also has construction photos, and a mystery - are parts of the bridge still in use on other bridges? Thanks, Mark Fuller.
Oh, another page shows you the replacement bridge. There's a picnic site - so if anyone wants to go to Langtry TX.http://www.texasescapes.com/.../Langtry_scenic_overlook.htm
Jeff Baumann Looks like a 5mph wind would just blow it right over! Not enough cross beams for my liking! I'm amazed it's supporting that train.

The record breaking 320'-10 3/4" high 1892 bridge replaced a low bridge built a decade earlier that required 11 torturous miles of track to descend down to river level. [HAER data, p3]

"The second Pecos River High Bridge's structural form allowed it to support greater loads
than its predecessor while using a comparable amount of metal." But it used steel instead of iron. " While a pier ideally would taper uniformly from top to bottom, it would require a great
deal of form work, especially over the 275'-4 1/2" of the Pecos River bridge's tallest pier (pier
C). Modjeski and Masters instead chose slip-forming, a method whereby a short form is moved
upward for another concrete pour when the previous pour reaches sufficient strength. Slipforming required the Pecos River bridge's piers to have "vertical sides, narrowed in occasional
steps."20 The piers are hollow octagonal shells, to reduce the amount of concrete and speed
curing. In the sloped transition piece at the junction between each shell and the narrower one
above, steel reinforcement is like that found in a reinforced concrete dome." [HAER data, pp5-6]

Photo from HAER TX,233-LANG.V,1--9 (CT) from tx0894

1892 Phoenix Bridge 37 photographs showing the construction sequence

The photos confirm that the travelling derrick built half the center span, and then they moved the derrick and built from the other direction.

Photo 30

Photo 37

Electrical West, Vol. 14, p56
[This article claims the 1892 structure contained steel.]

Railway Times, Vol. 87, p403
[This article confirms the concrete piers are high because during a flood the river can rise 20' to 30' in just 24 hours.]

BNSF/CB&Q 1906 Trestle Replacement in Barnhart, MO

UnknownSeptember 29, 2018bridgeGirderConcrete, bridgeTrestle, crane, rrCBaQ No comments

(Bridge Hunter, Satellite)

Street View

Mark T Pillow posted photos and videos with the comment:

This is a photo story of the replacement of a 112 year old trestle in Barnhart, MO
It's sad to see it go but it's been on fire a few times and was beginning to lilt.

Harvey HenkelmannHarvey and 219 others joined RAILROAD BRIDGES, TRESTLES, TUNNELS AND CUTS within the last two weeks. Give them a warm welcome into your community! Looks like they're replacing it with a UCEB. [Ugly Concrete Eyesore Bridge]
At least they replaced it instead of abandoning the line.

Mark T PillowMark and 219 others joined RAILROAD BRIDGES, TRESTLES, TUNNELS AND CUTS within the last two weeks. Give them a warm welcome into your community! it takes coal to rush island, "river run" from stl

Mark T PillowMark and 219 others joined RAILROAD BRIDGES, TRESTLES, TUNNELS AND CUTS within the last two weeks. Give them a warm welcome into your community! I've heard a few trains tonight, i guess rail traffic back... sometime in the next month i expect the road under it to be open again

The videos are in reverse order.

Screnshot

Photo, this is probably from the video that shows them discovering that the beam is too long and they put it back on the pile.

Screenshot, Grove 7550

BNSF/GN 1899 Gassman Coulee Trestle near Minot, ND

UnknownSeptember 27, 2018bridgeTrestle, rrMisc No comments

(Bridge Hunter, no Historic Bridges, Satellite)

Street View
There is no problem with treelines blocking the view in this area.

Screenshot @ -0:33 from video posted by Justin Nelson
Amtrak’s westbound Empire Builder crossing the Gassman Coulee trestle, just west of Minot, ND this morning. [Aug 18, 2018]

DigitalHorizonsOnline

Screenshot @ -5:16

Conrail/NYC/Franklin & Clearfield Trestle over Clarion River

UnknownSeptember 21, 2018bridgeTrestle, rrAbandoned, rrNYC, tunnel No comments

(Bridge Hunter; Historic Bridges; Satellite. 111+ photos; Satellite of tunnel entrance)

There are long tunnels on both sides of the bridge.

Chris Spear posted
Not the most beautiful bridge, but huge. Near Clarion, Pa. Abandoned in the early 80s. There are tunnels on both sides. In the 70s, some friends and I jumped a slow moving coal train and rode over the trestle and thru one of the tunnels. Not my photo.

Douglas Barrette commented on Chris' posting

The Railway Age, Volume 45, p377

The Railway Age, Volume 45, p379

(new window) The drone footage is added at the end beginning at 13:28.

NS/NKP 1905 and 2018 Bridges over Grand River in Painesville, OH

UnknownSeptember 11, 2018bridgeGirderSteel, bridgeTrestle, rrNKP No comments

(Bridge Hunter, no Historic Bridges, Satellite, 3D Satellite)

Street View

Norfolk Southern Railroad is replacing a 112-year-old bridge in Painesville. Tawana Roberts — The News-Herald

Glen Anderson posted nine photos with the comment:

Norfolk Southern hired two firms in Ohio to design and build a new single track bridge in Painesville, Ohio. HDR Engineering of Cincinnati designed the new bridge and the general contractor building the bridge is Great Lakes Construction Co. of Hinckley, Ohio. The original bridge over the Grand River was built in 1904 by the Nickel Plate Road, later N&W, now Norfolk Southern. The NS line is known as the “B Line” as the mainline extends between Bellevue, Ohio, and Buffalo, N.Y. (Not to be confused with Norfolk Southern's former Southern Ry. “B Line” in Northern Virginia.) The line typically carries 10 to 15 trains daily.
The new bridge consists of 11 spans and is 1,318 feet in length. The substructure includes 10 concrete piers founded on 7-foot diameter drilled shafts. The 26 drilled shafts are between 34 and 93 feet in depth, which includes the rock socket extending into the existing shale. The new piers are made up of 6-foot diameter columns with 8 of the piers also containing reinforced concrete struts to connect the columns. The piers are up to 71 feet in height above the top of drilled shaft elevation. The bridge foundations are being drilled down to bedrock, a distance that ranges from 30 to 100 feet below ground surface.
After completion of the substructure, the superstructure began in spring of 2018. The 10-foot high steel girders are being erected in pairs with the longest spans measuring 180 feet. Two 300 ton capacity cranes will hoist the 230 ton paired girders into place. The new deck consists of precast concrete deck panels tied down to the girders. New steel walkways and inspection grating platforms will be added to the bridge for use by Norfolk Southern Railway maintenance crews. On each side of the bridge, Great Lakes will also build the 2,000-foot approaches consisting of excavation, embankment, drainage, and sub-ballast for the new track alignment across the new bridge. Norfolk Southern crews will perform the track work and cut over the existing tracks to the new alignment so that railway traffic will have access across the new bridge. Finally, the existing bridge will be demolished by Great Lakes, and the rock causeway will be removed restoring the Grand River to its natural condition by the end of 2018. (Most of the preceding was compiled from various local news and construction company sources.)
My photos of the construction progress was shot on July 30th and August 2, 2018. The first two shots were made on July 30th and are from Riverside Dr. at the east end of the project.
The two views looking up from near river level are from E. Walnut Ave./Ohio Rt. 84, which passes under the trestle. The train on the trestle is an NS westbound stack train led by a UP unit. The train caught me by surprise as I hadn't heard any warnings, but it shows the height of the trestle above the Grand River.
The final five shots show the west end of the project and was shot on August 2 from Bank Street.
Riverside High School, my Alma Mater (Class of 1967) is about a quarter mile east of the trestle and I have fond memories of glancing out a couple of classroom windows to watch trains pass when I attended there, so this is a projectof great interest to me.
Google Map showing the old trestle... https://www.google.com/…/@41.716244,-81.22812…/data=!3m1!1e3All photos © 2018 Glenn Anderson