by Malley
Noob here; looks like a great forum.
Quick question; we hiked back to Empire Tunnel on the B&P southwest of Ridgeway. At Carmen, the line turns back southeast and runs along the west side of Toby Creek. There is an abandoned Pennsy line on the east side of the creek; it is now a bike trail.
In any case, we saw the piers of a high bridge running over the active line and crossing the creek in the direction of the abandoned one. The angles are such that it has to be a rr bridge; the piers run NW-SE across the fairly substantial creek.
There are also abandoned railbeds on the west side of the creek (between live line and water), and an old map shows an interchange between lines south of Carmen. The current alignment shows signs of moving the creek to reduce the curvature.
My question- anybody know what went on in that stretch? What was the bridge about?
BTW, the rails look well used and maintained on the live line, and we saw a mixed freight.
Thanks in advance,
Malley
Quick question; we hiked back to Empire Tunnel on the B&P southwest of Ridgeway. At Carmen, the line turns back southeast and runs along the west side of Toby Creek. There is an abandoned Pennsy line on the east side of the creek; it is now a bike trail.
In any case, we saw the piers of a high bridge running over the active line and crossing the creek in the direction of the abandoned one. The angles are such that it has to be a rr bridge; the piers run NW-SE across the fairly substantial creek.
There are also abandoned railbeds on the west side of the creek (between live line and water), and an old map shows an interchange between lines south of Carmen. The current alignment shows signs of moving the creek to reduce the curvature.
My question- anybody know what went on in that stretch? What was the bridge about?
BTW, the rails look well used and maintained on the live line, and we saw a mixed freight.
Thanks in advance,
Malley