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Eastern Railroad Discussion > Another question for everyone.Date: 02/24/06 16:51 Another question for everyone. Author: BaltoJoey Seeing the photos in the thread below made me curious. I wonder how many abandoned railroad bridges there are in the contiguous United States?
BaltoJoey<-- Thinks of the darndest things :) Date: 02/24/06 19:50 Re: Another question for everyone. Author: toledopatch Hundreds, if not thousands, if you count all the little ones on various lines that have been shut down and the structures weren't worth salvaging.
Date: 02/25/06 06:31 Re: Another question for everyone. Author: NYCSTL8 Sometimes the supporting structures underneath remain long after the bridge proper is removed. There is a fascinating such spot in Mt. Gilead, OH, left over from the T&OC, and another neat one in Kenton, on the Big Four. In Caledonia, between Marion and Galion, two big truss bridges stand side-by-side, one still active, the other trackless, on the former Erie/Big Four shared operation.
Date: 02/27/06 09:01 Re: Another question for everyone. Author: Nick Do the stone pilings in the river at Harpers Ferry count? Plus, the current Shenandoah Sub bridge, then the mainline bridge, was burnt and rebuilt at least 3 times.
Date: 02/28/06 21:56 Re: Another question for everyone. Author: chakk World-famous climatologist Stanley A. Changnon has published a book about railroad bridges of Illinois. I would guess that many of them are abandoned. He has another book coming out this spring (published by the American Meteorological Society) on "Weather and Railroads".
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