Emmett wrote: ↑Thu Dec 07, 2023 12:59 pm
a single downeaster weighs 908,000 pounds, and at the peak of FGLK operation (train length wise, about 20 cars lets say) the train weighed 610,000. so i'm interested in what they will have to do to make the bridges compliant.
An empty Downeaster with single P42, cabbage, and 5 coaches would be well over 1.1 million, and 20 empty cement hoppers would be 680,000.
Aside from those figures, the main scope of the repair work would entail making the structural components and supports
able to handle those loads for years to come, especially with today's increased maximum freight car tonnage.
The Carlton Bridge in Bath will be 100 years old in a few years, that is likely MEDOT's biggest concern.
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