A lady from AR contacted me to inquire on some information about this bridge. Her great-grandfather was killed on Jan 23, 1897 when his passenger train, B&O predecessor Pittsburg and Western No. ... (more)

The new Verticle lift bridge over the Illinois River upstream from Morris IL nears the final phase placement. The old bridge was a navigation hazard being too narrow for passage of barge tows.... (more)

Two years ago today (June 12th), the swollen Cedar River took down CRANDIC's downtown bridge and several of their hopper cars. Here, ten days later, the river is still high, and the damage is mor... (more)

Two years ago today (June 12th), the swollen Cedar River took down CRANDIC's downtown bridge and ... (more)

The 21 degree Paint Creek Bridge at Bryners Mill. The last train to my knowledge over this bridge was an excursion special from Marienville to my hometown of Knox in 1993 powered by S6 #44, with ... (more)

Once mighty and strong, the Kinzua Bridge is now a fallen pile of steel and wood compliments of an EF-1 tornado in 2003. This photo was shot through the chain-link safety fence that some people f... (more)

Her Fallen Majesty. This old girl once carried coal trains of the mighty ERIE until the mid '60s, then resumed by carrying tourists in 1987 with the Knox and Kane RR until the bridge was c... (more)

Her Majesty. This old girl once carried coal trains of the mighty ERIE until the mid '60s, then resumed by carrying tourists in 1987 with the Knox and Kane RR until the bridge was closed i... (more)

The well-publicized CRANDIC bridge collapse ... this, despite the railroad's best efforts to anchor it with freight cars. Most other area bridges survived (except IANR’s Waterloo Bridge) ... al... (more)

Surreal and gut-wrenching ... almost like it stopped mid-collapse. I have no idea what kept this car from plunging, unless it was still coupled to the car below.

CRANDIC's downtown bridge over the Cedar River ... what a mess this will be to replace, if they even try. However, hope springs. The entire downtown area was abuzz with people cleaning up today.... (more)

With the Flood of 08 over HOPE! and the water down to a point you can see what happened. The 2 pier was under cut by the water and the flood just pushed it in to the hole, and pulled the the span... (more)

South approach interlocking over Seaway Victoria Bridge at St-Lambert Qc