Western Railroad Discussion > P+W Derailment, Part 3

Part 1: https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,4670179
Part 2: https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,4672659
 
Sunday’s sunrise was cold (30F), but calm.  I learned that hand warmers make excellent heaters for drone batteries, too!
 
Photo 1: The crane lifts a light/genset combo out of the way.  The new concrete bridge decks are in place.
 
Photo 2: A southward view of the new bridge deck.
 
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Photo 3: Looking NE, shooting from the treetops.  Altitude: 41 meters.
 
Photo 4: pointing south, but looking down from an altitude of 90 meters.
this is when I discovered the white balance on the camera was still set to "cloudy."  Sigh.
 
HH
 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/18/18 20:49 by HH.

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Wow, they are making very fast progress on that bridge. Is the crew working on that bridge P&W crews or an outside contractor? I know they had an outside contractor for the clean-up.

Railbaron Wrote:
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> Is the crew working on that bridge P&W
> crews or an outside contractor?

Oops...I had intended to mention that Hamilton Construction looks to be the bridge contractor here.

HH

Thank you. I was wondering if the bridge rebuilding was "in house" or not.

Although it's been over 20 years since I ran a train to Toledo, as I remember there were only a couple of pre-stressed concrete bridges on that branch. Although bad to loose any bridge it's a shame to lose one of the few concrete ones. Of course losing one of the wooden ones would have probably taken longer to re-open the line as with this bridge the support structure was evidently undamaged.

Is any of the spilled lumber recoverable? I know it would be hard, but you could re-stack the lumber and re-load it on cars

CPRR Wrote:
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> Is any of the spilled lumber recoverable? I know
> it would be hard, but you could re-stack the
> lumber and re-load it on cars

That's a lot of sticks!  I would imagine (but don't know) that most of it will be salvaged after the line is open again.  I'm betting it goes via truck; those slopes are pretty steep!  Whoever gets that task will most likely be doing it in the rain! 

HH

Thanks for posting all your pictures.  Albany yard is full of cars and I imagine that Toledo and McMinnville have their share of loads sitting around.  From the looks of things, it should be open pretty soon, in fact I heard Tuesday.

Great photos, Vince! So is your launch site on the shoulder of Hwy 20?

WestinAshahr Wrote:
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> Great photos, Vince! So is your launch site on the
> shoulder of Hwy 20?

Sorry Dan, that is confidential information!

HH
 

Any idea as to the cause?

Is that crane on a new built or a temporary bridge itself?

Jerry Martin
Los Angeles, CA
Central Coast Railroad Festival

GP25 Wrote:
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> Is that crane on a new built or a temporary bridge
> itself?

It is definitely newly built, and I imagine it is also temporary.
Even if the track opens tomorrow, I suspect the cleanup will take quite a while.

HH