Hello everyone! Once again it is time to ‘move’ the Diner. For the month of October we will be visiting our favourite railway bridges all over the world.
We had lots of contributors during September and we saw quite a variety of train stations, some massive and some rather petite. I’m sure we will see a wide variety of bridges in October. Remember, “size doesn’t matter”!
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By the way, if your post ends up on the top of the page this month, it is perfectly acceptable to hand out Halloween candy!![dinner]
At the beginning of each month we pay respect to the diner guests that have passed on with a memorial.
I would like to start the Diner with my favourite bridge, the Little Current swing bridge.
From Wikipedia:
Construction of the bridge was started by the Algoma Eastern Railway with the abutments and piers being built in 1912 and the bridge structure being erected in 1913. The Algoma Eastern Railway began operating trains across the bridge to the community of Little Current in October 1913. The Algoma Eastern Railway was leased by Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in March 1930 and control of the bridge passed at this time to the CPR.
Due to navigable waters protection legislation, the CPR policy was to leave the bridge’s swing span in the open position at all times for marine traffic, except when a train needed to cross.
In 1946, the CPR and the provincial Ministry of Transportation came to an agreement that saw the bridge modified to permit road vehicle traffic in addition to rail traffic. As a result, operation of the swing span saw the span left in the closed position to permit both rail and road v
I respectfully disagree! I don’t think that being the host requires you to post something every day. The Diner got lots of interesting posts in September so you did something right!
Dave, thanks for moving the Diner. I enjoyed the post about the bridge to Little Current. I’ve been on that bridge a few times but the last time was 25 years ago or so. First time was in 1978 but I don’t remember the tracks.
Nothing new here, still summer like weather with temps in low '70s. Sure could use some rain.
TF, where are you? Hope you are ok.
Going to LHS tomorrow to pick up a display case I ordered last winter. I then have to decide which Hudson goes in it.
THANK YOU for setting up the Diner in “Bridge Country” Dave [Y][bow]
I do so hope it brings TF out of hiding, and maybe Ken, too if that’s not asking too much. I hope everyone is doing well these days. Dave (UK) please check in with a status report [angel]
I see Space Mouse has returned to the forum [:D] Glad to see him back!
I’ll start off with a local vertical lift bridge known to railroaders as “Bridge One”, known to boaters as the Iron Curtain.
Here it is under construction in 1956, same year I was built. The swing bridge had a gantlet so all traffic on the NYC Chicago - New York main line was necked down to one usable track. The PRR had trackage rights over this bridge, too.
It crosses the Cuyahoga River on the south shore of Lake Erie here. Back in May of 1974 the bridge was up but a train, Penn Central OV-8 passed the restricting signals and rammed the counterweight killing the engineer and fireman.
I was there just a few hours after the accident. One of those things I’ll never forget.
David North Brit … We are concerned about you. Preying you are recovering from Covid.
Everybody … Thanks for participating in the September Diner. There were very many intersting stations posted.
Dave : … Thanks for starting the October Diner. I like the bridge photos you posted. The last one has rusty rails, and so it had not had trains running on it for a while before the photo was taken.
Ed … Thanks for posting your intersting bridge photos.
Everybody … Have a nice Friday and I hope the new month is good to each of you.
I just received an email from Rapido that my X-31 boxcars are on hand and ready to ship. They say they will begin fullfillment very soon.
Although I am not sure why, I am very excited about finally receiving these freight cars. I pre-ordered them over 18 months ago, and that seems like a very long time to wait for a handful of boxcars.
My intention is to use all three of these as representatives of Sheldon’s ATLANTIC CENTRAL on my layout.
Tulip Trestle, Viaduct, AKA Richland Creek Viaduct in southern Indiana. Still the longest railroad viaduct in the USA. I have seen it several times and its size is impressive from the ground.
Well, we turned on the furnace today, not sure it will get much use as it is still pretty warm out. That’ll change I’m sure.[(-D]
The wife was leaving early and the phone rang seconds after she left and she said tree removal required. So much for my second cup of coffee. I usually go out and drive over the tree, it breaks into bits and I just push the bits out of the way. This tree was in good shape and did not fall to pieces when I drove over it so a little tow was in order.[oX)] At least I didn’t have to go get the chainsaw. I was back with my coffee in short order.
Bridges is a great topic for the month, stations was a success with lots of participation and I bet this month will do just as well.
I am going to the football game with the kid tonight, it has been a long time since we have done that. We are playing Winnipeg (my hometown) Usually, we attend quite a few hockey, soccer, and football games each year. It will be nice to get back to it. He is well connected and gets all his tickets to sporting events for free which makes it even better. The drive back out from Vancouver seems to be getting a little longer as the years pass. He lives in town now, so I drop him off and do it alone. We use to have the best conversations on those trips.
I hope David is not suffering too bad with covid, not hearing from him worries me. Also, I don’t think TF was vaccinated and he has gone silent as well. I hope we hear from them soon, radio silence is always concerning.
Thank you everyone for your kind thoughts and prayers. They have been a great comfort to me.
As you know i have come down with Covid. I got it really bad. I collapsed at home and was unconscious for a short while. I was rushed to hospital and had to have a number of tests etc.
Last night I was allowed home, but must take things at an easy pace to pull myself better.
I shall look in and follow the thread of bridges. Some lovely ones already. Hopefully I will contribute shortly.
I’m glad to hear that you are back home and on the mend. We were all worried about you. Covid is nasty stuff as you have just discovered!
Dianne and I went for Covid tests last Tuesday because we had been feeling rather ill. Thankfully they were negative but we are still not feeling 100%.
The Cisco bridges over the Fraser river in British Columbia are very interesting. The CP and CN lines each switch to the opposite bank of the river. I believe that they actually share the tracks now. One is used for eastbound trains and the other for westbound.
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