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I have finally got back to my model of the Lartigue Monorail after an 18-month gap! I’m slowly working towards a full loop which will include most of the line’s eccentricities.
Problem: how do you create a ‘level crossing’ on a monorail when the track is waist high? Solution: a drawbridge! Yes, these really existed – there were several of them along the line.
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There are a couple of improvements I’m going to try, but I’m reasonably happy with it given the limitations of Lego gearing.
The A1A Drawbridge spans the Hillsboro Inlet in Hillsboro Beach, Florida.
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A cut of empty covered hoppers is pulled by Flats Industrial Railroad's SW1500 1222 across Bridge 4, a vertical lift bridge over the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland.
A trip east to Massachusetts and New Hampshire was primarily a non-train trip, but I did get in a few days of train chasing. A shot I'd always wanted to get was the famous drawbridge at Buzzards Bay, Mass., and thanks to info from Hal Reiser I was finally able to bag it with this shot of Mass Coastal's westbound trash train MC-2 with the bridge rising back up in the background. I was out there for a week, and there was sun every day. And yes, the boat drifted in at virtually the last minute!
I have put together a composite of three different photos taken on Oct. 13, 2012 during the Scott Kelby Worldwide Photowalk/Chicago Loop Architecture. Who could resist getting a shot of the bridge as it rose to let the boats through.
After a short wait while the bridge was closed, the local continues north to Muskegon as the Pere Marquette barge is unloading in the background
In May 2013, our son was going to play a baseball game at the Fort Vancouver Little League near downtown Vancouver, Washington. After we arrived for the pregame warmups, I realized Amtrak 501 was due over at the depot, so I took off with my camera.
Before the accident at DuPont in December 2017, Amtrak 501 was just the morning schedule from Seattle to Portland. I snapped a few images of the station stop, not appreciating that they would eventually be ETTS fodder.
Station work complete, the train departs for the end of the run at Portland. It is crossing the massive drawbridge over the Columbia River. Amtrak 90251 at the rear of the train is an F40 locomotive converted to a baggage/cab car.
There are two bridges in this shot that opened and closed in the brief time that I was at Benton Harbor.
The obvious one is the drawbridge in back, which opened for a larger boat. The less obvious one is the rotating bridge in the foreground, which rotated into place for a train to cross.
Mr Spock is inspecting his kingdom and wondering where the drawbridge is so that he can easily get his kitty treats delivered and out of the knowing nose of Buttercup, treat stealer.
Captured while on the Delray Yacht cruise, somewhere between Delray Beach and Boca Raton south Florida. Link to the Delray cruise here
River Draw was built in 1908 to replace an existing bridge built at the location in 1875 to serve the New York and Long Branch Railroad jointly operated by the Central Railroad of New Jersey and the Pennsylvania Railroad. Today, the bridge is owned by NJ Transit carrying trains of both NJ Transit’s North Jersey Coast Line and Conrail shared assets. Since it’s completion the bridge has stood through many obstacles such as Super Storm Sandy. The bridge suffered structural damage after getting overwhelmed by storm surge and struck by multiple vessels. This then led to repairs to the bridge and permanent speed restrictions. Only about a week before the date of this photo the board of directors at NJ Transit approved the construction start of the replacement lift bridge.
NJT 7257 @ River Drawbridge, South Amboy, NJ
NJTR ALP-46A 4644
Update: Construction of the new bridge began August, 2020.
Recently had a few days around Lake Michigan and was able to get a few trains between family activities. On the day we were heading home, we swung through Michigan City and found the South Shore finishing their work along the Amtrak Michigan Line and waiting for MofW to clear and the drawbridge to close. An understanding wife was the highlight for a 30 minute wait to nail AF3 crossing the drawbridge. Thanks ML for the symbol help (and getting that door closed!)
07-14-2021
We used to live on the west side of Lake Ewauna in Klamath Falls, Oregon. Each evening during the week, BNSF would send their "Mill Job" across the lake to switch out shippers to the southwest of the town. By 1999, virtually all of the heavy industry left in the area was located along this former Great Northern trackage.
The lake is around 4,090 feet above sea level. Just to the right, the lake ends and the Klamath River begins. When GN built their line, there was a fair amount of marine traffic in the area, so a drawbridge was used to cross the lake. The drawspan no longer functions, and has likely not been raised for decades. However, at an elevation that is 4/5ths of a mile above sea level, inquiring minds want to know: is this the world's highest drawbridge, as measured by elevation above sea level?
This AIA drawbridge over the Hillsboro Inlet was photographed on a cloudy day in Hillsboro Beach, Florida. See this, and more, on my werbsite at tom-claud.pixels.com.
Well this will do for the castle itself. Now to add scenery and more buildings.
Had to add a drawbridge as it brings back memories of my classic castle days.