I have always liked bridges. I am working with someone on bridges.
Here is a link to some interesting pictures of trains and bridges in first link. I know a number of you have posted some nice pictures of trains and bridges. Please add your comments or post more pics of the like. Also in second link a general description of bridges.

http://www.carrtracks.com/brdgndx.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truss_bridge

Both of the following pics are from link above.





Prairie

Here is my favorite, The Bessemer & Lake Erie bridge now CN over the Allegheny River in Harmarville, Pennsylvania Click on the website for full information.


http://pghbridges.com/newkenW/0599-4487/blear.htm

I just went under the BL&E on a speeder trip.

Prairie

I always photogragh all the bridges I cross. I'm usaualy on them but last month I got some good shots of these guys in Cap Cod and in Quebec. have what is left of the Knox and Kane which was blown over by a tornado.

Cape Cod



Quebec









Georgia low bridge





Pa. Note very rare Jenny Len bridge crossing us.



Knox and Kane remains



Going under the BL&E bridge

Here are some (none are actually mine) from my favorite railroad bridge, the Lehigh and New England bridge in the Lehigh Gap.







And what that view looks like today (sorry, you have to follow the link, since I could not post this one).. http://travel.webshots.com/pho...08560101561550AHDRzz

Kate Shelley, from about five years ago. Gad, it's easy to get airsick while looking through a camera's viewfinder!


Kent in SD

I don't have any digital photos of these, but my personal favorites are High Bridge in Kentucky on NS, the Cumberland River Bridge at Burnside, Ky., and New River Bridge south of Oneida, Tenn. The bridge over the Emory River at Nemo, Tenn. with the Tunnel 22 to its' north, is kind of cool also, but not nearly as spectacular. BNSFs' crossing of the Illinois River at Chilicothe is a dramatic bridge also, but very hard to access.

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Originally posted by R Nelson:
BNSFs' crossing of the Illinois River at Chilicothe is a dramatic bridge also, but very hard to access.

See my above shot on how to best access long bridge.

Kent in SD

Good idea Kent!!! But at $400 plus dollars per hour for a helicopter, or a plane pacing back and forth waiting on a train, it's a bit pricey....like the idea of course! For many years, the Illinois River crossing was accessible by driving a road up to the river bank, on the southside of the railroad. The property belonged to (still is) a gun club. For some reason, it is now off limits to non-members. Sadly the southeast side of the crossing is the only photogenic spot. And, being a gun club, I don't think I'd want to press the issue either...LOL!!! A friend of mine wants to use a canoe or a boat to paddle across the river from the Chilicothe side... Problem is, with the heavy barge traffic, I don't think I want to advise that either.

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Originally posted by R Nelson:
Good idea Kent!!! But at $400 plus dollars per hour for a helicopter, or a plane pacing back and forth waiting on a train, it's a bit pricey....like the idea of course! A friend of mine wants to use a canoe or a boat to paddle across the river from the Chilicothe side... Problem is, with the heavy barge traffic, I don't think I want to advise that either.

Plane was costing me about $90 an hour. I took rides in it once a quarter, to photo the bridge in each season. Overhead wing aircraft. Haps Air Service from nearby Ames, IA. It's not as expensive as you might think. I have photo'd several bridges from my duckboat, which is basically a kayak. You could just rent a little fishing boat with trailer & motor. It's do-able. There's a big long bridge I want to photo. At night. I'm thinking if I anchored one, maybe two boats out in the channel with lights in each, plus lights on the shore, I just might be able to do it. Or, wait until winter when river usually freezes over solid. I hate walking out on river ice though.


Kent in SD

If it comes around again check out the Discovery channel documentary on the 212' high Poughkeepsie...thats Po like dough...keep...s-i-e bridge over the Hudson. Rode it on my bike last monday with 500 or so other walking and riding folks, and it was 10:30am! What an attraction and they have done a wonderful job fixing it up! It also connects with another rail trail via a ramp to the right on the east approach. Trail is rough but passable. Happy Railroading!

You guys really made my day with ALL of those incredible pictures! Thanks much.

I came across some links that would keep one up all night looking at pics

http://bridgehunter.com/catego...g/railroad-overpass/

And here you can browse by railroad:

http://bridgehunter.com/category/railroad/

And for something different here is a pic of NJ Transit on the Raritan River viaduct

http://railpictures.net/viewph...php?id=270883&nseq=1

Copyright holder of the picture in link above is Gerald Oliveto.

I don't think I plan to be up all night looking at historic bridges
It is nice still to come to this forum after a day's work and look at the great pictures you post. Thanks again.

Prairie

Yeah,

One week later, I am still looking at bridge pictures.... must be nuts or ... I am still getting myself ready to catch the 8:24 a.m. train... but the OGR forum comes first

Here are two interesting links about the Rupert Railroad bridge. Scroll down. All photos are copyrighted.

http://www.snowdragon.org/explore/rupert/index.html

http://caboosenut.com/rupert_bridge.htm

Hope you like them.

Prairie

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Originally posted by RCSSTEVE:
If it comes around again check out the Discovery channel documentary on the 212' high Poughkeepsie...thats Po like dough...keep...s-i-e bridge over the Hudson. Rode it on my bike last monday with 500 or so other walking and riding folks, and it was 10:30am! What an attraction and they have done a wonderful job fixing it up! It also connects with another rail trail via a ramp to the right on the east approach. Trail is rough but passable. Happy Railroading!

Steve:
Did you ever make it to the Great Allegheny Passage, Cumberland Maryland to Pittsburgh, PA. We had talked about this a couple of years ago. I just made my second trip to the Rockwood, PA to Frostburg, MD section this year. Great experience with two tunnels, and several bridges, well done for any and all bike riders.
Here is a link to (107) pictures I took on my August 2009 ride. I have since retired my POC (Positive Outlook Contraption) bike for a more trail friendly bike. Most notable event on the Oct 31 ride was the weather that turned cold and windy. It was actually harder peddling down Sand Patch than up.

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Originally posted by RCSSTEVE:
If it comes around again check out the Discovery channel documentary on the 212' high Poughkeepsie...thats Po like dough...keep...s-i-e bridge over the Hudson. Rode it on my bike last monday with 500 or so other walking and riding folks, and it was 10:30am! What an attraction and they have done a wonderful job fixing it up! It also connects with another rail trail via a ramp to the right on the east approach. Trail is rough but passable. Happy Railroading!

If you are in the mid-Hudson area you have to walk this bridge. I stopped over after the Poughkeepsie train show last Sunday. There must have been a few thousand people out on that nice sunny Sunday afternoon.

On the Highland side you cross over the CSX mainline (the old NYC west shore route). Great views as the tracks snake along the shore and off into the distance. On the Pougkeepsie side you get great views of the Amtrak/Metro-north station. Guess who forgot his camera that day! But I'll be back there.

Jim

Still haven't made it Mike but have gotten almost 1400 miles in since April this year all on rail trails. Have printed out itinerary from that great website so can ride it and stay in motel every night. Sleeping on the ground isn't bad if you have a group like the 400 mile Erie Canal ride though. They take all your stuff to the next stop.

Pretty cool place eh Jim? Absolutely worth any detour or make it a destination. A rail trail that is in pretty good shape goes through New Paltz, NY not far away. It will connect with the bridge in the future but at present stops short on another impressive bridge(trestle). It's a decent trail with some excellent views of the country. Happy Railroading!

Steve,

Send me a email. I have a rail trail next to me over 30 miles long. Old NH canal line. I've done part of it, need someone to go along and finish it.

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Originally posted by RCSSTEVE:
Still haven't made it Mike but have gotten almost 1400 miles in since April this year all on rail trails. Have printed out itinerary from that great website so can ride it and stay in motel every night. Sleeping on the ground isn't bad if you have a group like the 400 mile Erie Canal ride though. They take all your stuff to the next stop....................

There is some pretty good camping equipment out there. My sweetheart purchased a light weight sleeping pad that is just remarkable. The goal is next summer DC to Pittsburgh in (8) days. Still working on my partner to run the follow vehicle. Word on the trail was that $300,000 of the stimulus package was to get spent on the C&O Canal Path part of the trail, which is in need of repair.

It looks like each time it take a trip the bike goes also. Those tripping to Pittsburgh there is an abundance of excellent trails available.

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While in Canada near Niagara Falls I found this Bridge that was very interesting to me.
Tim

Great idea for a post/thread!

This is in Lancaster, but not the more famous PRR bridge

this one I took in Zurick. Guess trolleys on tracks qualify as trains.

SE18, where in Lancaster is this? I know I've seen it while up there, I just can't place it now. Thanks.

also, there's a brick factory near me. Here's a tram and its tracks going over a bridge inside the factory. It picks up red powdered clay used to make red bricks.

Hi Scott,

It is beside the yard right in town (my sisters live there). Trucks drive under to load stuff from the Hopper cars. Nearby is a track that branches out and runs up a street.

Here's what it looks like under that same hopper car

Here's a bridge on a beach in Southern England. Fisherman load their boats on flatcars and take them to the water and trains haul their fish back. This makeshift bridge goes over a gully prone to flooding