by Bracdude181
Pinebrook road at 12:01 PM
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Bracdude181 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 11, 2023 11:32 am Hope this gives an idea of how far left the new tracks are from the old alignment.Makes sense to permit electric utility crews to access the transmission line without fouling the track.
Ken W2KB wrote: ↑Fri Aug 11, 2023 12:57 pmTo be honest, given all the recent heavy brush removal, etc, and things being so overgrown after so many years out of service, it is hard to know just from looking at that picture where the old tracks actually were. What looks like a wide open ROW on the left may actually have been work done by the power company to keep access to their line open, or just how it was recently cleared, ...Bracdude181 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 11, 2023 11:32 am Hope this gives an idea of how far left the new tracks are from the old alignment.Makes sense to permit electric utility crews to access the transmission line without fouling the track.
Kaback9 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 07, 2023 1:33 pmSome quality posters would have a field-day with this.CR7876 wrote:Really wish my old rr.net colleagues were around some days .Bracdude181 wrote:So are they not gonna use the bridge that’s there? I will say that bridge is questionable. I can see them replacing the tracks though. Last train on that portion was in 2008 with NS 3026 and 8 cars and at that time it was bad enough that they had to absolutely crawl over that stretch.Do you have a fear of bridges? You seem to have a problem with just about every single one of them.
I'd hate to hear what he thinks of the 25th Street Viaduct in Philly...