Hi all,
In the "CR on the Southern Secondary" http://railroad.net/forums/viewtopic.ph ... &start=240 post, Urban D Kaye asked why the Hightstown section of the old PRR was cut, and it was discussed why it wasn't needed, as traffic doesn't move North-South over that section any more.
That begs the question: How safe is the Delair Bridge these days for getting freight into South Jersey? What is the contingency plan if it became unusable? (Railroad history is filled with bridge mishaps, just look what happened when the Poughkeepsie Bridge burned down and almost killed the LH&HR)
One could envision that it would be cheaper and quicker to reconnect the old C&A mainline to get freight to South Jersey then it would be to build a new bridge. Maybe even the Southern Secondary would get reconnected to.
SO the question I ask all of you is, if the Delair Bridge became unusable, how would it affect freight operations in South Jersey? What new routes would need to be built? How much would it cost to build a new bridge? Has any major RR built a similar bridge recently? Would alternate routes into South Jersey be more efficient?
All opinions are welcomed.
-TomR
In the "CR on the Southern Secondary" http://railroad.net/forums/viewtopic.ph ... &start=240 post, Urban D Kaye asked why the Hightstown section of the old PRR was cut, and it was discussed why it wasn't needed, as traffic doesn't move North-South over that section any more.
That begs the question: How safe is the Delair Bridge these days for getting freight into South Jersey? What is the contingency plan if it became unusable? (Railroad history is filled with bridge mishaps, just look what happened when the Poughkeepsie Bridge burned down and almost killed the LH&HR)
One could envision that it would be cheaper and quicker to reconnect the old C&A mainline to get freight to South Jersey then it would be to build a new bridge. Maybe even the Southern Secondary would get reconnected to.
SO the question I ask all of you is, if the Delair Bridge became unusable, how would it affect freight operations in South Jersey? What new routes would need to be built? How much would it cost to build a new bridge? Has any major RR built a similar bridge recently? Would alternate routes into South Jersey be more efficient?
All opinions are welcomed.
-TomR
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