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G21H30 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 I spent 42 years building railroad bridges across 7 states for AT&SF . Most of the jobs we did required that we work "under traffic " and do as little as possible to disrupt the movement of trains. On actual "tear out day" we received a time "window" to remove the old structure and complete the new one. This window could vary in time from as little as 6 hours to as much as 24 hours depending on the complexity of the construction and amount of expected train traffic. Below area few pictures of a bridge project I was the foreman in charge of which took 9 months to complete. The actual tear out was over two days at 16 hrs each day. The steel H-Pile substructure was drilled 30" x 17' casings , then 24" x 10' into solid bedrock then encased in concrete. The substructure was all completed under traffic over a 8 month period and in spite of a flood which came to a depth of 8' under the bridge. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G21H30 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 A few more pictures of the substructure placement . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G21H30 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 The completed bridge . 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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railfancwb Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 19 hours ago, Eric said: What’s the horsepower in those six locomotives? 9,000? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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railfancwb Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 19 hours ago, Eric said: In the middle of the picture that white top building is probably a switch tower. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted September 10, 2020 Author Administrators Share Posted September 10, 2020 1 hour ago, railfancwb said: In the middle of the picture that white top building is probably a switch tower. Can you imagine the weight that elevated train yard is supporting? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 Albert. Built 1911 sold to a sugar plantation in Louisiana. Retired in 1950s, then served tourist railroad in Cherokee NC in early 1960s. Went from there to Cedar Point Amusement Park in Ohio. On display there in honored retirement. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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