train trestle

train trestle

my trip to see the train trestle in chef toms video thank you for watching please rate and subscribe leave a comment all songs by Charles lazaruz From Bob Melbo: The rail line is the United Railways District of the Portland & Western Railroad (P&W), which purchased the so-called CorneliusPass line (and connecting lines) from the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway in November 1997. At the time of purchase the line had been out of service since September 1994 due to loss by fire of a major trestle on the east side of Cornelius Pass. After P&W acquired the line it replaced the burned out bridge with a new steel box girder structure, reopening CorneliusPass to traffic on July 1, 1998. CorneliusPass was a critical link in the growing network of P&W, since it had acquired the Astoria line on July 12, 1997 and needed to connect that line with other P&W-operated lies in the northwestern WillametteValley. P&W is now the states second largest railroad in terms of mileage with a system of about 537 miles. BNSF referred to the trestle as simply Bridge 16.7, a timber pile-driven trestle 1168 feet in length. I dont have information as to the height but at its highest point I believe it is around 90 feet. Besides crossing Dick Road the trestle also spans Holcomb Creek. Presumably, the little valley that the structure crosses was created by Holcomb Creek. Portland & Western train crews sometimes refer to the crossing as the Valley of Wood, a reference to the trestle itself. The …

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