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Steam & Excursion > Steaming Through A Covered Bridge At Sumner, WA-1948!Date: 09/30/14 04:08 Steaming Through A Covered Bridge At Sumner, WA-1948! Author: LoggerHogger In March 1948 Al Farrow was quick enough to capture this bucolic scene on the Milwaukee RR line out of Sumner, Washington.
On this crisp morning Al found MLW #1225 and her short freight crossing one of the few remaining covered railroad bridges in the Pacific Northwest. Ahead of the 2-8-0 is a gondola loaded with new bridge timbers. Notice the brakeman hanging on the front corner of the car! I wonder how far he has to ride the car this way. Martin Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/30/14 04:12 by LoggerHogger.  Date: 09/30/14 11:24 Re: Steaming Through A Covered Bridge At Sumner, WA-194 Author: mcfflyer Great photo, Martin! Thanks!
Date: 09/30/14 12:25 Re: Steaming Through A Covered Bridge At Sumner, WA-194 Author: wingomann Is that on the mainline? I see the cantenary above the loco but a wood bridge on the Milw mainline seems weird.
Date: 09/30/14 12:34 Re: Steaming Through A Covered Bridge At Sumner, WA-194 Author: flash34 I'm guessing it's an industrial lead to the north side of town from where the Milwaukee main skirted the west edge of town.
Posted from iPhone Date: 09/30/14 12:41 Re: Steaming Through A Covered Bridge At Sumner, WA-194 Author: LarryDoyle wingomann Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Is that on the mainline? I see the cantenary > above the loco but a wood bridge on the Milw > mainline seems weird. And, there's no tell tale on the bridge. Oh, yeah. That was another thread! Date: 09/30/14 15:33 Re: Steaming Through A Covered Bridge At Sumner, WA-194 Author: shay2977 great thanks
Date: 09/30/14 16:24 Re: Steaming Through A Covered Bridge At Sumner, WA-194 Author: Auburn_Ed Exactly right, the industrial lead crosses the White River there to access a couple businesses. UP still uses it (new bridge), I think. One of the businesses was a pickle factory, just recently razed.
Ed Date: 10/01/14 07:55 Re: Steaming Through A Covered Bridge At Sumner, WA-194 Author: wabash2800 Great Photo. Thanks for sharing. It's my understanding the reasoning behind a covered bridge was to protect the wooden bridge timbers from the elements.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/01/14 10:34 by wabash2800. Date: 10/01/14 14:48 Re: Steaming Through A Covered Bridge At Sumner, WA-194 Author: TCnR wabash2800 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Great Photo. Thanks for sharing. It's my > understanding the reasoning behind a covered > bridge was to protect the wooden bridge timbers > from the elements. That's what I've been told as well. Mostly in more northern rainy areas, not too many in New Mexico and Arizona for example.covered Bridges in Oregon have only recently had to be rebuilt, usually as a museum style attraction though. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Oregon_covered_bridges Date: 10/02/14 04:48 Re: Steaming Through A Covered Bridge At Sumner, WA-194 Author: LoggerHogger If you notice there does not appear to be a roof on this bridge. The wood sheething is in place to protect the truss stringers on the sides of the bridge.
Martin Date: 04/15/17 15:18 Re: Steaming Through A Covered Bridge At Sumner, WA-194 Author: poffcapt I realize this thread is 3 years old, but I came across some information. Here is a postcard picture of the bridge, taken by John McNamara in the 1960s. It looks like there is a roof on the bridge at the time of the photo. The catenary is gone. I have included the back of the postcard. The bridge was due for replacement in 1971. I wonder if they ever did it?
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