Eastern Railroad Discussion > Where is this B&O bridge?

Pulled from that auction site. I tried to look for curved B&O bridges with little luck. Thanks.

Charles

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The way the terrain is makes.me.think Western Allegheny somewhere

I'm pretty sure this is Pleasant Creek Viaduct on the Cowen Sub just a bit south of Grafton, WV.

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PittsburghMike Wrote:
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> I'm pretty sure this is Pleasant Creek Viaduct on
> the Cowen Sub just a bit south of Grafton, WV.
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> Posted from iPhone

I agree with P-Mike on this.

Having looked at it again, I'm almost 99% certain. The curve is right and the location of the road in the valley is also inj the right spot. It's a great shot. The angle from which it was done isn't possible any longer due to tree growth.

I also think it looks like the Peach Creek viaduct

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Wow. Still in operation??

cutboy2 Wrote:
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> Wow. Still in operation??

Yes, operated by A&O, unfortunately not nearly as busy as it used to be due to closures of many of the on line mines.

nydepot Wrote:
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> Pulled from that auction site. I tried to look for
> curved B&O bridges with little luck. Thanks.
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> Charles

Nice bridge.

Apparent location

Just a mile north, the bridge is out: Gone

This appears to mean no trains anymore on the Pleasent Creek bridge.

Is that a tunnel a mile to the North?  I thought there appeared to be concrete portals.

John
 

Thats Pleasant Creek trestle on the cowen sub about 9 miles south of Grafton. Now operated by the A&O Railroad. There is a tunnel about a mile south of the bridge and another tunnel about a mile north of the bridge. The bridge was built in the 1930's as part of the track relocation project when Grafton Dam was built.

GRS.

nydepot Wrote:
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> Apparent location
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> Just a mile north, the bridge is out: Gone
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> This appears to mean no trains anymore on the
> Pleasent Creek bridge.

The gap in the tracks you see a mile to the north is Knight Tunnel.

As noted, the line is operated by the A&O and is very in service. They still handle occasional coal trains and also have a number of smaller merchandise costomers along the line.

Thank you for the clarification.