@NJCJOE posted:Neal,
Are you aware that this bridge is in the process of being repaired/replaced? They also demolished the house on the corner of Rt. 75 and 2nd Street that was straight ahead when you came off the bridge.
https://www.lewistownsentinel....f-port-royal-bridge/
Also in Duncannon, the antique place Old Sled Works recently closed up.
Joe,
Thanks for the response. Actually, the bridge in my photo was torn down around 2012-13 and replaced with a concrete I-beam bridge. The bridge you are referring to in the link is about 4 miles to the east in Port Royal and is also modeled on my layout. Here's a pic:
And here's a photo from one of our research trips in 2012 with my dauther standing on the 1964 bridge almost exactly over where the Penn Central engines are posed in my picture with the replacement bridge under construction right behind her:
I spoke to the PennDOT engineer dealing with the replacement, and he tells me it too is an I beam stringer (or similar) bridge. The concrete arch bridge there was beautiful, but it was 112 years old, and the cost of replacing it with a similar structure was cost prohibitive.
I'm not familiar with the Old Sled Works in Duncannon. Can you tell us about it?
Thanks,
Neal
