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Another article about Bascule bridges and a few pics.

https://www.structuremag.org/?p=14194

1906 article about arched bridges from Railway and locomotive engineering.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_bridge

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/en ... ch-bridges

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1906 article on cantilever bridges from Railway and locomotive engineering.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantileve ... 0one%20end.

https://www.britannica.com/technology/b ... er-bridges

part 2

The Outline History of Locomotive Development from a 1923 Railway and Locomotive Engineering journal.

Now this is a cool way to experience rail travel

Bascule Bridge. Article from a 1909 Railway and Locomotive Engineering journal.

Sometimes there are disasters. Here are a few.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPCQorNFU6w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqpd5fCLsRI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COYp0f2vWDI

And now for something completely different. A railroad bridge? Well, sort of..

The evolution of the American railroad system 1893 In 1893, Joseph Nimmo Jr delivered an address at the 1893 Columbian Exhibition in Chicago. Here's the paper and a bit about his life. Joseph N. Nimmo Washington, June 15. - Joseph N. Nimmo, LL.D., statistician and economist, died at his home in this...

Car builders' dictionary; definitions and illustrations of American railway cars, their parts and equipment; by Master Car Builders' Association; Wright, Roydon Vincent, 1876-1948, ed; Loudon, Andrew Charles, 1883- ed 1913 https://archive.org/details/cu31924032183208/page/n5/mode/2up?q=train+lighting

A few more from the NY collection.

There are some great railroad bridge photos on this NY public library digital collection site.

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/sea ... ad+bridges

A quote from another forum. A railroad trestle still in use I have visited is referred to as Tulip Trestle or Tulip Viaduct. It is located in southeastern Indiana north of Bloomfield near the community of Tulip. https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffsb&q=tulip+trestle&iax=images&ia=images&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fi....

Movables bridges by Hovey, Otis Ellis, 1864-1941​ Publication date 1926 https://archive.org/details/movablesbridges01hove/page/n7/mode/2up?q=railroad+draw+bridges The designing of draw-spans 1898​ by Wright, Charles Herbert, 1857- [from old catalog] https://archive.org/details/designingdrawsp01wrigg...

C&O..it sounds like a tough job in the winter!



GP30M..I lived in Mass until retiring last June. Now I live on an island off Portland,Me.

Here's another one in the state of Maine. The North Anson Railroad Bridge.

https://bridgehunter.com/me/somerset/bh59439/

https://lifesatrip.ca/2016/08/01/walkin ... rth-anson/

As part of my training back in 1970, I lowered and raised the C&O Black River drawbridge one time only. Same with the Saginaw River bridge from Washington Ave tower in 1976. I also worked about 5 years on a railroad swing bridge on the Mississippi River. That was an interesting job, especially if y...

Railway track and track work 1908
by Tratman, E. E. R. (Edward Ernest Russell), b. 1863

https://archive.org/details/railwaytrac ... turntables