Don't look down... :-)

[caravanman]

 

[Cal]

What’s the story of it? Would love to read about it

 

[jiml]

It didn't last very long. (I'd have to look up to be exact.) IIRC the route was abandoned in favor of another nearby line, making the elaborate bridge surplus. There's some reading and more pics available online.

 

[jruff001]

Don't light a match!

 

[me_little_me]

Built in 1909 and lasting only 14 years before removal, it was made into 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 toothpicks. Okay, so the last part isn't true.

 

[Willbridge]

Yet another reason that stock in the Grand Trunk Pacific was not a good buy.

 

[danasgoodstuff]

Not too far away in Lethbridge, Alberta this is still in use.

 

[Ziv]

Those are both really impressive! I thought the Two Medicines River one the EB crosses near Browning was pretty cool but it is fairly small comparatively.
https://pin.it/7HEWJw7

 

[Willbridge]

The Southern Alberta Dayliners were discontinued as a package effective 18 July 1971. Prior to that, the Lethbridge<>Fort Macleod<>Calgary trains used the Lethbridge Viaduct. The other routes focused on Lethbridge then were Medicine Hat<>Lethbridge and Lethbridge<>Vulcan<>Calgary.

In my 1984 visit Lethbridge seemed to be what Edmonton and Calgary once were before the energy booms. Here it's time for the half-hourly meets in downtown.



There's a nice park below the Viaduct.

 

[Asher]

Another all wooden trestle. It’s the Goat Canyon trestle in San Diego co. It was built in 1933 because of all the tunnel collapses through Carrizo gorge. This was a rail line going through lower San Diego co, Baja and into Imperial Valley. It was made of wood because of the temperature fluctuations in the area. No longer in use.

 

[Cal]

Another all wooden trestle. It’s the Goat Canyon trestle in San Diego co. It was built in 1933 because of all the tunnel collapses through Carrizo gorge. This was a rail line going through lower San Diego co, Baja and into Imperial Valley. It was made of wood because of the temperature fluctuations in the area. No longer in use.View attachment 25488

Isn't there a bunch of old commuter cars stored on that line?

 

[Asher]

Isn't there a bunch of old commuter cars stored on that line?

Quite a bit about the area and hiking there. It’s illegal though.
https://hiddensandiego.net/things-to-do/places/goat-canyon-trestle

 

[Cal]

Quite a bit about the area and hiking there. It’s illegal though.
https://hiddensandiego.net/things-to-do/places/goat-canyon-trestle

That's really neat, wouldn't mind to visit one day but I'm sure there's a lot more accessible abandoned railroads.


Edit: Goat Canyon Trestle Seems like trains used to go over it fairly recently..?

 

[flitcraft]

An amazing bit of railway engineering. But a death-wish hike, if you ask me.

 

[Asher]

An amazing bit of railway engineering. But a death-wish hike, if you ask me.

I’ve known about the trestle for a long time. A friend showed me a photo he took and I always wanted to see it in person. Probably never will.