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Eastern Railroad Discussion > Fire on CN (IC) main line trestle in LouisianaDate: 02/13/16 09:12 Fire on CN (IC) main line trestle in Louisiana Author: mopac1978 http://www.nola.com/traffic/index.ssf/2016/02/fire_burning_along_i-10_near_b.html
This is just northwest of New Orleans, alongside Lake Pontchartrain. Date: 02/13/16 09:14 Re: Fire on CN (IC) main line trestle in Louisiana Author: howeld Looks like spillway is still open.
Posted from iPhone Date: 02/13/16 09:29 Re: Fire on CN (IC) main line trestle in Louisiana Author: rev66vette One of the commentors on that article notes that the RR has been workong on the bridge recently....FWIW...
Date: 02/13/16 09:33 Re: Fire on CN (IC) main line trestle in Louisiana Author: howeld It closed when the spillway opened back first week of January. They reopen to train traffic after a couple of weeks. If the spillway is open that will make firefighting more difficult
Posted from iPhone Date: 02/13/16 09:42 Re: Fire on CN (IC) main line trestle in Louisiana Author: GenePoon Work on the trestle was in progress when the flooding that forced opening of the Spillway
and closure of the trestle occurred. This is the route of the Amtrak City of New Orleans, which will again become the City of Jackson with a wonderful bus ride south of there. Date: 02/13/16 11:41 Re: Fire on CN (IC) main line trestle in Louisiana Author: BaltoJoey According to one article I read. The workers were grinding rail on the trestle.
Apparently this ignited the fire. Looking at the still photos I have seen. It appears to me that the whole trestle will need to be replaced. Date: 02/13/16 11:57 Re: Fire on CN (IC) main line trestle in Louisiana Author: Out_Of_Service ANYTIME we worked on a bridge over water, besides all the nornal safety apparatuses applied, that used a welding process with open fire there was always a boat in the water with an occupant and fire firefighting apparatuses ... also plenty of water on the bridge in the work area for fire protection ... we never left the bridge until a thorough inspection of the bridge so as to not have a flare up after we left the area ...
Date: 02/13/16 22:15 Re: Fire on CN (IC) main line trestle in Louisiana Author: 3rdswitch What a shame. There will be a lot of additional traffic running on the dark single track from Hammond to Baton Rouge as well as the single track Baton Rouge to Geismer.
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