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12-11-2012 - 18:44
Howard
I spotted a bridge inspector in Capitola today. I posted more on West Coast Rail Forums.
http://www.westcoastrailforums.com/thread-6953-post-72045.html#pid72045
http://www.fototime.com/221F763
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06-21-2012 - 12:36
Brian Bergtold
Pirie's comments as a lame duck aren't that surprising considering she was spouting about dangerous dirty passenger trains barreling through backyards years ago when UP was still running 30 car freigh
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04-26-2012 - 10:52
mook
sorry about that - Howard already had the link. I saw it via a different route and didn't have a chance to check his.
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04-26-2012 - 10:50
mook
Just ran across this: http://www.thevalleypost.com/article.php?id=66
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04-26-2012 - 08:16
Pothead
You mean you're surprised at the bridge condition now?
Can I have some of that stuff you're smoking?
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04-25-2012 - 22:38
P.Kepler
IS there any info as to the AGE of these bridges? Would paint have made a difference?
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04-25-2012 - 18:17
Carol L. Voss
mook Wrote:
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> Looking at these photos (that bottom shot is
> awesome!) and yesterdays -- I don't think that
> amount of deterioration happen
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04-25-2012 - 18:15
Howard
mook Wrote:
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> Looking at these photos (that bottom shot is
> awesome!) and yesterdays -- I don't think that
> amount of deterioration happen
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04-25-2012 - 18:01
mook
Looking at these photos (that bottom shot is awesome!) and yesterdays -- I don't think that amount of deterioration happened overnight, or even over the last few Sierra Northern years. It takes a whil
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04-25-2012 - 17:46
Chuck in Oregon
Small point, but it's La Selva Beach. I used to live there before moving to Oregon's Little Switzerland, home of the Wallowa Union Railroad.
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04-25-2012 - 17:36
Howard
Rich Hunn Wrote:
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> About 11-12 mil oughta cover that, pretty much
> sink the sale.
Hopefully the LaSilva Beach Bridge does not need to be
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04-25-2012 - 17:18
Rich Hunn
About 11-12 mil oughta cover that, pretty much sink the sale.
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04-25-2012 - 17:14
Howard
P.Kepler Wrote:
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> Fascinating post. I'm not all that familiar with
> the line or its related industries. The amount of
> wrangling surroundi
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04-25-2012 - 17:08
Howard
Brian,
The biofuel plant planned for Watsonville is a real game changer. I hear 1,000 carloads a year are projected. I also heard that two weeks after Mike Hart abandoned the Santa Cruz Branch Line
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04-25-2012 - 17:00
XkDCW
In the top pic, it's labelled "Aspen A40".
Here's the mfr's page on it, and their pdf brochure.
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04-25-2012 - 16:57
Howard
Robert Wrote:
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> Thank you for the wonderful pictures. I saw them
> the same day but didn't have my camera.
Thanks, that is always nice to
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04-25-2012 - 16:54
Howard
48. @ George
George Andrews Wrote:
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> Thanks, Howard, for the pics. The use of Under
> Bridge Inspection Units has become quite common,
> as many state hi
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04-25-2012 - 16:30
Pdxrailtransit
Very remarkable photos, thanks again. The bottom photo should be in a chemistry textbook, illustrating oxidization.
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04-25-2012 - 16:27
Howard
50. @ Carol
Carol L. Voss Wrote:
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> smitty195 Wrote:
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> > Thanks for posting pictures (and e
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04-25-2012 - 16:06
Howard
Today Patterson & Associates inspected the bridge at LaSilva Beach. It was supposed to rain today and I had not planned to go down, but the sun came out so I headed down to take a few shots.
http:/
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04-25-2012 - 12:22
Brian Bergtold
The short version is UP was leasing the branch to Sierra Railroad, and the County had an agreement with the SERA to continue operating the line after the County completed their purchase. SERA's owner
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04-25-2012 - 09:26
Carol L. Voss
P.Kepler Wrote:
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> Fascinating post. I'm not all that familiar with
> the line or its related industries. The amount of
> wrangling surroundi
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04-25-2012 - 09:19
Robert
Thank you for the wonderful pictures. I saw them the same day but didn't have my camera.
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04-25-2012 - 09:05
P.Kepler
Fascinating post. I'm not all that familiar with the line or its related industries. The amount of wrangling surrounding who will operate it seems a bit more than protracted to me. Which agency or cor
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04-25-2012 - 08:23
Carol L. Voss
smitty195 Wrote:
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> Thanks for posting pictures (and explanations) of
> something unusual that we definitely don't see
> every day. That truc
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04-25-2012 - 04:57
smitty195
Thanks for posting pictures (and explanations) of something unusual that we definitely don't see every day. That truck is pretty darn cool.
I'd be curious to see what the bridge inspection results
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04-24-2012 - 20:27
George Andrews
Thanks, Howard, for the pics. The use of Under Bridge Inspection Units has become quite common, as many state highway departments now have them. However, your photos illustrate the first Highrailer -
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04-24-2012 - 18:27
Carol L. Voss
On the south side of the trestle there used to be a catwalk just below the tracks. WHen I was about 10 years old or thereabouts we and our family friends rented one of those houses along the river and
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