SCARY HIGH RAILROAD BRIDGE & MORE!


DJ 161 feet is high but the Poughkeepsie RR bridge when it was in use was over 200 feet high. I never went across it as an engineer but some of my follow engineers said you could not see the bridge from the side cab window. Now that was scary.
George

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Don't know about any other bridges, Spokane's Latah Creek Viaduct is 175ft high in places and 1395ft long: with a wye switch 2/3rds across going West. I hopped a few freights in my dumber and younger days and you could not see any portion of the bridge unless you hung out over the side of the car you were riding: in my case, double stack well cars.

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NYC_George said:
DJ 161 feet is high but the Poughkeepsie RR bridge when it was in use was over 200 feet high. I never went across it as an engineer but some of my follow engineers said you could not see the bridge from the side cab window. Now that was scary.
George

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Just found this topic. I was reading several years ago about New Havens 2-10-2 steam locomotives. The article mentioned one of them derailing on top of that bridge. The author stated that there was not one sober soul that day getting that machine back on tracks.
 
Rico said:
I can’t see the vid DJ?
I’ve been over the Lethbridge AB Viaduct in a hi-rail on a windy day, at 314’ high and over a mile across it was scarier than any amusement ride I’ve been on!

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Marvelous piece of railway land art erected by 100-man gang: Lethbridge Viaduct | RAILTARGET

The Lethbridge Viaduct, commonly known as the High Level Bridge, was constructed between 1907 and 1909 at Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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THE VIDEO HAD TO BE TAKEN DOWN BECAUSE SOME TROLL. Long story, not worth going into.
 
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