Passenger Trains > Capitol Corridor: Bridge problems at Davis, again

437pm: Delay Notification  Train 545 is delayed departing Sacramento (SAC) due to bridge maintenance issues. We appreciate your patience as we work on an estimated delay time and will provide updates as new information becomes available.

457pm:  Delay Notification  Train 534 is delayed at Davis (DAV) due to a bridge maintenance issue, with a bridge maintainer on scene to troubleshoot the issue. We appreciate your patience as we work to provide an estimated delay time. Updates to follow.

516pm:  Due to ongoing bridge maintenance issues, customers on Train 545 will board new equipment in Davis (DAV) to continue travel.    Customers on Train 534 will board new equipment in Davis (DAV) to continue travel.   We appreciate your patience.

520pm:  Delay Notification   Train 536 is delayed at Davis (DAV), the result of a bridge maintenance issue. We appreciate your patience as we work to provide an estimated delay time. Updates to follow.

639pm:  CLARIFICATION   Train 547 is operating approx. 55 mins late, the result of rail congestion, due to bridge maintenance issues.

646pm:  Service Adjustment   Train 534 has been canceled in Davis (DAV), with customers boarding replacement equipment.

701pm:  Travel Update   The bridge maintenance issue has been resolved, with Train 545 back on the move and operating approx. 2hrs late.

710pm:  Delay Notification   Train 549 is operating approx. 50 mins late due to the late arrival of inbound equipment.

-source:  Capitol Corridor
 

The "I" St bridge between Sacramento and West Sacramento. Built 1911 former SP bridge.

usmc1401 Wrote:
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> The "I" St bridge between Sacramento and West
> Sacramento. Built 1911 former SP bridge.

This is the black, road over rail, swing bridge right outside CSRM, right?

-Rob

Yes same bridge.

Are there plans to replace that bridge between Sacramento and W. Sacramento? That bridge probably looks like it's beyond the end of its useful life.

Is there much traffic on the River nowadays?

I saw the I Street Bridge lift one time. About 10 years ago.
I didn't think there any kind of traffic on the Sacramento River.

Jerry Martin
Los Angeles, CA
Central Coast Railroad Festival

GP25 Wrote:
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> Is there much traffic on the River nowadays?
>
> I saw the I Street Bridge lift one time. About 10
> years ago.
> I didn't think there any kind of traffic on the
> Sacramento River.

The last couple of times I've seen that bridge open it was for sail boats.

GP25 Wrote:
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> Is there much traffic on the River nowadays?
>
> I saw the I Street Bridge lift one time. About 10
> years ago.
> I didn't think there any kind of traffic on the
> Sacramento River.

I’ve seen it open about 3 times in the span of an entire day. A lot of civilian boat traffic on the waters.

Posted from iPhone

If the SP bridge opens, does the M St bridge usually open too?

With the post saying Davis instead of Sacramento, is there a different bridge with issues near Davis instead of the I Street Bridge in Sacramento?  Replacing the I Street Bridge and the Benicia Bridge over the Carquinez Strait on the Cal-P will be costly endeavours that will probably have to happen in my life time in order to keep the Capitol Corridor operation sustainable.

Nathan

atsf121 Wrote:
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> With the post saying Davis instead of Sacramento,
> is there a different bridge with issues near Davis
> instead of the I Street Bridge in Sacramento?
>  Replacing the I Street Bridge and the Benicia
> Bridge over the Carquinez Strait on the Cal-P will
> be costly endeavours that will probably have to
> happen in my life time in order to keep the
> Capitol Corridor operation sustainable.
>
> Nathan

There was a bridge near Davis that was hit by a truck a couple of weeks ago, but it was inspected and the inspector said that everything was still in place.

atsf121 Wrote:
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>  Replacing the I Street Bridge and the Benicia
> Bridge over the Carquinez Strait on the Cal-P will
> be costly endeavours that will probably have to
> happen in my life time in order to keep the
> Capitol Corridor operation sustainable.
>
> Nathan

     This is why the Martinez-Tracy line, despite not seeing a through train in decades, is maintained at a level that could have through service using it by next week, (local politicians & NIMBY's may feel differently). I also wouldn't be surprised if someday U.P. decides they "don't really need the Cal-P", & offers to sell it at a too good to refuse price to the state, and then retain trackage rights. Time will tell sooner than later.

Desmond Praetzel, "4451Puff"

A few years ago, a BIG project was undertaken to upgrade lots of levees along the Sacramento river, north of Sacramento.  Lots of barge / tugboats went thru these bridges, which had to open.  So, yes, there is still occasional commercial traffic, and lots of pleasure boat traffic.

The irony is the West Sacramento barge canal and locks, built decades ago specifically to take barge traffic OFF the Sacramento river and instead route traffic via the canal, then down the deep water ship channel to Rio Vista, was not used at all.  Why, you ask?  The Army Corps did not maintain their dredging to the entrance on the Sacramento river side, and it completely silted in.  So, all those tugs and barges bringing in rock and rip-rap from the bay quarries had to go up the curvy Sacramento river and thru many, many bridges.  Had the Corps done their job, that barge canal and lock system would have seen HUNDREDS of uses during that project to shore up the levees.  That would have been very, very cool to see and watch.  But, no.  Taxpayer money totally down the drain.  And the now the barge locks have been permanently closed!    Go figure!

The now unused barge canal is well south of the Tower and other upstream bridges.

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4451Puff Wrote:
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> This is why the Martinez-Tracy line,
> despite not seeing a through train in decades, is
> maintained at a level that could have through
> service using it by next week

But as it’s all single-track, dark territory it may only really usable as an emergency bypass. A 49/59 mph max with no passing would be a painful alternative to the two-main-track, CTC Cal-P.