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Re: Railroad Bridges

Posted: Sun May 02, 2021 9:08 am

by Rick A

Now this is a cool way to experience rail travel

Re: Railroad Bridges

Posted: Wed May 05, 2021 10:36 am

by Rick A

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

Re: Railroad Bridges

Posted: Wed May 05, 2021 10:40 am

by Rick A

part 2

Re: Railroad Bridges

Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 9:35 am

by Rick A

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

Re: Railroad Bridges

Posted: Wed May 12, 2021 8:33 am

by Rick A

Another article about Bascule bridges and a few pics.

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

Re: Railroad Bridges

Posted: Wed May 12, 2021 10:00 am

by Rick A

Rider Bridge Failure, New York & Erie Railroad 1850
Great article from www.structuremag.org

https://www.structuremag.org/?p=14533

Re: Railroad Bridges

Posted: Wed May 19, 2021 9:05 am

by Rick A

Ashtabula Bridge Failure

https://www.structuremag.org/?p=16567

https://bridgehunter.com/oh/ashtabula/bh46889

Re: Railroad Bridges

Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2021 8:13 am

by Rick A

Nice vintage railroad bridge images from Monovisions magazine

https://monovisions.com/vintage-the-for ... ion-1890s/

https://monovisions.com/vintage-railroa ... -trestles/

Re: Railroad Bridges

Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2021 8:15 am

by Rick A

part 2 Monovisions magazine

Re: Railroad Bridges

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2021 9:31 pm

by Rick A

Bussey Bridge Disaster, aka Forest Hills Bridge, 1887

https://www.structuremag.org/?p=17909

https://www.jphs.org/transportation/bus ... count.html

Re: Railroad Bridges

Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 10:25 am

by Rick A

Interesting study of Truss bridge patents.

https://www.sia-web.org/wordpress/wp-co ... ctPub1.pdf

Re: Railroad Bridges

Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2021 11:18 am

by Rick A

The Ghost Bridge of Amish Village in Sarasota, Florida.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File ... lorida.jpg

Re: Railroad Bridges

Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2021 11:20 am

by Rick A

The Point Ellice Bridge Failure

https://www.structuremag.org/?p=18608

Re: Railroad Bridges

Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2021 11:53 pm

by Rick A

Tariffville Bridge Disaster

https://www.structuremag.org/?p=17148

Re: Railroad Bridges

Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 6:48 pm

by Rick A

Vintage bridge postcards.

Re: Railroad Bridges

Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 6:50 pm

by Rick A

part 2

Re: Railroad Bridges

Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 6:51 pm

by Rick A

part 3

Re: Railroad Bridges

Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 6:54 pm

by Rick A

part 4

Re: Railroad Bridges

Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 6:55 pm

by Rick A

part 5

Re: Railroad Bridges

Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 6:57 pm

by Rick A

part 6