Very interesting railroad underpass to model

thats pretty cool. Thanks for the idea..

That is nice... There are plenty of modeling opportunities out there....

I cracked up when I saw this one... very expensive mistake...

Looks like the line had 3 rails too!

There is a prototype for everything - flextrack. 

What's the story on that bridge falling over?

J Daddy posted:

Looks like the line had 3 rails too!  

Four actually....

Here is a bit of the story about the truck and bridge-

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...loydminster-1.993653

http://www.okthepk.ca/dataCprS.../2011/2011110903.htm

http://panow.com/article/13655...ain-bridge-collapses

Looks to me like it was pulled over.  Oopsies.

Well at least the equipment is there to start the clean up

Here's another beauty, this is the entrance to NY 17-C West from Watson Blvd in Endwell, NY.

Notice how the ties cast a shadow on the road below.

I have quite a few from the Pierre Marquette / C&O that went by my home as a kid in Plymouth Mich.

Lots of modeling opportunities...

Milford Mich. Where I live now has a few cool bridges as well

Pennsy Stone Arch bridge.

Notice that once again, the railroad is somehow implicated, rather than the story stating the truth. "Railroad bridge collapses" is quite different from what really happened..."Inattentive driver of truck strikes railroad bridge."

Here in the NYC area, we have "parkways" that have clearances that are much lower than "expressways."  With the advent of GPS units that can't differentiate between parkways and expressways unless they are specifically programmed to do so, the frequency of truck vs overpass strikes has increased. The traffic news announcers always say that traffic got messed up due to "a truck that WANDERED (sic) onto the parkway."  Really? A truck decided to 'wander" away from its driver, while he wasn't looking, and snuck onto the parkway?

This one in northern New Brunswick serves a dual purpose.  The one lane road allows just enough room to squeeze through a small creek along side.  Just guessing, but the stone abutments probably date to the original construction of the Intercolonial Railway and would have supported a wood truss span.  The concrete likely repaired decomposition,  relocated mountings and edged the raised roadbed.