Question about the bridge in "Triple-Header steam on trestle"

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I’m no expert on this Matt. But I believe that they poured concrete piers to reinforce the original wooden bents.

Today, the branch is gone, and when converting it to a trail, the built a new bridge with new piers in front of the original concrete piers, which still stand.

Of interest to Virginian fans, on top of the hill behind the bridge, now hidden mostly by trees, is one of the Virginian’s transmission line towers.

Ken Miller 

> On Jan 6, 2020, at 3:21 PM, Ken Miller <klmiller at rev.net> wrote:
> 
> I’m no expert on this Matt. But I believe that they poured concrete piers to reinforce the original wooden bents.
> 
> Today, the branch is gone, and when converting it to a trail, the built a new bridge with new piers in front of the original concrete piers, which still stand.
> 
> Ken Miller 
> 
>> On Jan 6, 2020, at 1:28 PM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>> wrote:
>> 
>> The bridge that the Blacksburg branch is crossing on has concrete piers with one or more trestle bents immediately adjacent. It almost looks like falsework - are the piers new?
>> 
>> Matt Goodman
>> Columbus Ohio US
>> 
>> On January 6, 2020 at 10:16 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>> wrote:
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>>> This is an excursion from Rooanoke to Blacksburg for the 1957 NRHS 
>>> Convention. The location is Merrimac on the Blacksburg Branch where it 
>>> crosses over the main line of the Virginian. Offhand, I remember that the 
>>> lead engine was the 475 and one of the other two was the 405.
>>> 
>>> Ed King
>>> 
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>>> Subject: Triple-Header steam on trestle
>>> 
>>> I saw this slide for sale on eBay and thought I would share it. It appears 
>>> that the Virginian is crossing underneath, so I anticipate someone can 
>>> identify the location. I rarely see three triple-headed steam locomotives 
>>> except for railfan excursions, but this appears to be in regular service. 
>>> No date or other information provided by the seller.
>>> 
>>> Happy new year,
>>> 
>>> Frank Scheer
>>> f_scheer at yahoo.com <mailto:f_scheer at yahoo.com>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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