frequentflyer wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPIVDk1Nx1w
Why at the 1:08 mark are they taking out that bridge?
That’s what TexRail, TRE, and now Amtrak calls the “Hole in the Wall”!
It’s where UP tracks and US 287B (TX 280) Highway go over the ex-Rock Island track that TRE, TexRail, and Amtrak use; which is single track under those bridges. The UP bridge is being replaced and made longer by TexRail so It can double track under it. This is a signifancant choke point to passenger train traffic into downtown Fort Worth from the northeast, so the UP will end up with a spanking new bridge.
FWIW, the BNSF bridges over the ex-Rock Island corridor just a few blocks further west, but TRE has double tracked under it already, so it’s not being replaced by TexRail.
Here’s a photo article with photos from every angle.
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