611 Over The Connecticut
Here's another I'm just adding to Flickr that was shared on FB long ago.
New England Central Railroad train 611 is Northbound on the Palmer Sub (ex Central Vermont Railway) mainline crossing the blue Connecticut River here near MP 109.2. This 705 ft long bridge was built in 1904 to replace a timber bridge on this site. After the southern Pratt deck trusses were destroyed in the flood of 1936, they were replaced by the present-day Warren deck truss spans. The 1904 spans destroyed in the 1936 flood remain at the bottom of the river.
I remember it being quite the scramble climbing up here from Caldwell Road that passes underneath, but the results were worth it. Upon arrival in Brattleboro this train will become 323 for forwarding north to Saint Albans.
East Northfield, Massachusetts
Friday October 19, 2018
611 Over The Connecticut
Here's another I'm just adding to Flickr that was shared on FB long ago.
New England Central Railroad train 611 is Northbound on the Palmer Sub (ex Central Vermont Railway) mainline crossing the blue Connecticut River here near MP 109.2. This 705 ft long bridge was built in 1904 to replace a timber bridge on this site. After the southern Pratt deck trusses were destroyed in the flood of 1936, they were replaced by the present-day Warren deck truss spans. The 1904 spans destroyed in the 1936 flood remain at the bottom of the river.
I remember it being quite the scramble climbing up here from Caldwell Road that passes underneath, but the results were worth it. Upon arrival in Brattleboro this train will become 323 for forwarding north to Saint Albans.
East Northfield, Massachusetts
Friday October 19, 2018