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Comments about bridge railThere are 54 comments about "bridge rail"
Babushkah Zblcowszksky: Hell NO....The place is spot-less..WHERE? I was there with my Husband Stanislaw last Monday,August 25-th and we took a walk through the path at the end of the railroad ties walking east towards the Marine...... Some Guy Ya: Wow I thought the new widening of the rail bridge down by Queen would have alleviated this. Pretty interesting. ... Edward LAMB: I am very familiar with this tunnel having personally "discovered" the place way back in 1969...
The following, if you please, is an excerpt from my own story :
I had, one day, roaming through Riverside Drive...... Ella Street: Hey bill yes we are still over the bridge. Got a trailer in cape may court house if you and Alie get down that way get my # from john and give me a call....... John (aged 44 and a bit): Ahh so many memories. I left irlam in 1985 not i may add for the sandy beaches and climate of a far off land but the more mundane surroundings of Oldham. I grew up on...... Re; KOTS: Hi James, yeh i knew about kots through my mates who used to go and see you (they are on the snubtv clip on youtube but not sure if you are in that line up)...... James cashan: RE: Jon Burgess, ha ha well spotted jon i dont think that public demand, finance nor desire is great enough for that. K.O.T.S. Fans and those that remember us are a rare commodity,although i...... EvilGentleman: I have an old pic from 1994 or 1995 posted in one of my posts in the [[3039:Train Derails on Bridge]] series. I am currently about 305 pounds (people always guess me at about 250...... Mike: Brothel owner asks to suppress evidence
By BEN NEARY • Associated Press Writer • January 15, 2008
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Yes, that was Lennies, There was also a furniture business near there called Motlers,who also had another shop in Eccles,but I dont know when they ceased trading along with The Lombardian store the other...... Alan Taylor: Thinking of Liverpool Road travelling towards Cadishead you had Tramway Road running diagonal from it to the railway embankment which had a 'tunnel' through to the side of the steelworks main entrance then from Liverpool...... Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Rob
On the last of your photos, you can just about see at the edge on the left, a little opening cut under the railway that led into LSC (British Steel). I never worked at...... Elicar:
I do not mind graffiti in abandoned and obscure places (I took some on railways and under a bridge, but when perfectly good walls just like the one in here are "vandalized", then I am...... Alan Taylor: A few more oldies
The Boathouse
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Irlam Locks showing the completed sluice gates
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Digging their way under the rail bridge
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... Bob Salmon: Hi rob
Yes I remember Len Jackson; my mother got her daily pinta from him for a few decades.
One of his employees on the milk round was a good friend of mine, his name was Ivor...... Robert Patten: Just realised I could have worded that better, chances are that when the first picture was taken the railway was still in use.
This picture is taken from a bridge which crosses the now dismantled railway...... Robert Patten: Liverpool Road, Cadishead, from the disused railway bridge, date unknown.
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Same shot from March 2006.
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I only moved to Cadishead in 2005 and before that new nothing about the area. I love finding sites like this...... Bob Salmon: Re the Bobs Ferry Accident:
As remembered by Bob Salmon, an Inquest Witness.
On the morning in question, I was awoken by a neighbour in Lytherton Avenue Cadishead, saying that she thought there was a gas leak...... Stephen Weir: What a great site for all those that grew up in Irlam & Cadishead, a real trip down memory lane.I spent the best part of my childhood (60's early 70's) in Irlam.Bestmemories include venturing on...... gus hassler : i think these are what remains of the float bridges that were used to unload the barges known as car floats. the carfloats were used by different railroads to move their trains across the north...... Cake: I have a question.........Throughout Omaha, there are some pretty good pieces done along the sides of train bridges. How is this done? Do they hang over the edge? I noticed a piece along the bike...... tom: The bridge was designed and built under a Democratic administration (Karl Rolvaag). Approximately half of the time since its construction there has been a Democratic governor in the state. The Democrats are now...... Chris: Monday July 9th, I made a point to stop by today and view the progress. The family spent the weekend up on Greenhorn. The forest service has work ahead of them to reopen the road...... EvilGentleman: The section of the bridge the derailment ocurred on. I took most of my pictures from the small rail overpass at the N end.
[[http://maps.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&q=&t=k&om=1&ll=45.422575,-73.657869&spn=0.003667,0.007231&z=17]]
And the lift bridge on the Kahnawake side.
[[http://maps.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&q=&t=k&om=1&ll=45.411263,-73.661935&spn=0.001834,0.003616&z=18]]... Dave: [[img:17931]]
The construction of the Manchester Ship Canal resulted in the need to replace the famous stone aqueduct at Barton, which had been constructed as part of the Bridgewater Canal in the eighteenth century. The old...... DAVE: [[img:17828]]
With the construction of the Manchester Ship Canal, sections of the existing railway network had to be rebuilt. Lines which crossed the Canal had to be taken on higher level bridges. With changes to the...... DAVE: Irlam Old Bridge ...... DAVE: [[img:17789]]
T1082. Irlam Viaduct carried Railway Deviation Number 5 over the Manchester Ship Canal. Here we can see the Canal's construction under the Bridge. A line of wagons full of extracted material waits to be taken...... Brian: I too emigrated to Australia over 20 years ago and only revisited Irlam for the first time, at the end of last summer, (2005).
Irlam and Cadishead are strange places. Isolated to some degree, they lie...... EvilGentleman: Thank you, Mike. If you liked that, then I also might suggest the [[3072:2nd]], [[3108:3rd]] and [[3537:4th]] articles of this series involving the bridge derailment. The 4th article is actually a walk on the bridge...... Grimnir: Another thing I just thought of - WHO the Hell is mad enough to actually CLIMB up onto a railway bridge etc. and very carefully put these things up??? Why do we not see them????...... EvilGentleman: Since the original bridge's ironwork was built 120 years ago, in 1886, the C.P.R. Saint Lawrence Bridge has been used as a pedestrian walkway by the Mohawks of Kahnawake. It became somewhat easier to cross...... Graham Schurman: Did you have permission from CPR to take these pictures? You could have gotten into big trouble with the the CPR Police if they had known you were on their bridge, especially since it...... Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Hi Andrew, I managed to get into the site thru your name search !
I remember sliding down the embankment under the bridge on pieces of cardboard "borrowed" from Quicksave. And dangerously walking along the railway...... Tyfoid Kid: In the 5th picture down you can see the other pedestrian bridge (the Washington Ave Bridge) that connects the East and West Banks of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus. This bridge is...... EvilGentleman: Thanks, Jamie. I got the idea from an article I saw by [[995:sine]], and was spurred to action in one of my {Train Derails on Bridge} posts by joey.... barbara mcgrail: thank you. what lovely photographs. i didn't realise there were so many bridges in the area, but certainly seeing the 'brooklyn, manhattan, and williamsburgh (BMW) brought back lovely memories of sailing underneath them last september...... EvilGentleman: Sorry, hool. From what I have seen, I have been encouraged by a large group of the regulars here, including the other 4 of your fellow editors. I shall try to keep your wishes in...... arkon1: heres some info from tacoma news trib. about the trailer on 56Some of the most exquisite work around is by the late Plus, who painted for 10 years before he died at 25 about...... EvilGentleman: They have been removing some railcars each day now, but progress is really slow. I went down to take some more pics, but it was getting dark, so the last pic is a bit blurry...... EvilGentleman: Thanks, all. I just wish I could have gotten there before all the media attention had been generated. As far as I know, that is the first derailment on that bridge since it was built...... danielle: nah, it's a man made railway in New Zealand. It's quite amazing. This fella built this massive railway thru his property, and takes people for tours. He has 2 bridges, and along the track he...... Jamie: you like the {forth rail bridge} don't you... Cheesy_Member: Instantly recognisable because of its unique design, the Forth Rail Bridge was one of the greatest achievements of 19th century engineers.
The original designer was Thomas Bouch - but his rail bridge over the River...... Myke: Whoa, didn't realise the Forth Rail Bridge was all lit up like that at night. Thanks for sharing. ... anon (82-41-211-42.cable.ubr12.edin.blueyonder.co.uk): Here are some extra pic's of the {forth Rail Bridge} for you all
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[[img:7761]]... elaine: speak for yourself, j, i still think they are cool. i am a fool for anything big and especially engineery things, like the forth rail bridge [[http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=firth+of+forth+rail+bridge&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&start=0&sa=N]] or {the gherkin}, or that has moving parts....... Jamie (on location): Ok so i'm here at railworld. Nothing much has changed and i'm somewhat disappointed.
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i'm not sure whether this is a threat or a statement of fact.
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these are on a footbridge leading to railworld
[[img:7078]]... elaine: ooh blue - water, bridge, -break- handrail in a dynamic poetic, nice pic... elaine: found it! it is hrealdic and symbolises the london borough of southwark, just across the river from the city. long way from home! I'm surprised viccy park got it... how bizarre. st george has a...... Mike: I have some recent pictures and I think some smaller ones in the winter of highway, pedestrian, and railroad bridges across the Bronx River in Bronx Park. Interested?... elaine: Re: The Touch of the Machine
I agree. Plus scale. Plus the city as a machine. The scale thing - I lived in Edinburgh previously and standing underneath the Forth Rail Bridge at South Queensferry...... Mike Ruby: Hours indeed! And there is always another one just around the corner to forget. I have a project going where I walk across every walkable bridge in the city and take a train...... Mike Ruby: Thanks for the collection!
You are missing one, if you are meaning to include all bridges that connect boroughs: the railroad bridge just west of the Henry Hudson bridge that carries Amtrak, CSX, and Canadian Pacific......
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