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Bridge 9C

A Santa Fe Warbonnet and an H1 are the power for a Q-FTMNWH waiting behind two eastbounds before being interchanged with CSX. Around the corner is Bridge 9C, a former swing bridge over the Sanitary and Ship Canal built in 1899 by Carnegie Steel. It originally carried four tracks over the canal and was converted into a swing bridge by the Navy during World War II to allow passage of Balao and Gato-class submarines built in Manitowoc towards the Gulf of Mexico.

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Uploaded on March 14, 2023
Taken on July 15, 2022