Re: Sounder Tacoma Bridge Construction Update
Author: Steve Carter
Date: 03-11-2017 - 22:58
RFM Wrote:
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> Excellent shot, Steve; you must have waited for
> the elusive one-hour-of-March sun. Whose
> helicopter did you borrow? :)
> It looks too early to tell how they are going to
> extend the 'Coast Starlight compatible' platform
> east. Perhaps it will 'hang off' of the north side
> of the new bridge, when complete.
> Mike
Actually, the sun came out in full force for the next train, and of course after I left my spot. Not place to hang around too long.
Where the two cranes are in the photo is where a platform extension over and beyond G street will be. It is intended to accommodate the longer Starlight.