Most Photogenic Bridges Used by Amtrak?

[user 1215]

What are the most photogenic trestles that Amtrak regulars?

 

[Ocala Mike]

My vote: the bridge at Harpers Ferry, WV on the Capitol Limited. In my opinion, it's not even close.

 

[user 1215]

I do like that one a lot. It's kinda cool that the station sorta overreaches onto it.

 

[jis]

The trestle leading upto the Hell Gate Bridge in Queens and Bronx

 

[crescent2]

Pictures please! I'd love to see these, thanks.

 

[Texan Eagle]

This thread is worthless without pictures!

 

[George Harris]

PLEASE, let's call these things bridges, not trestles. The use of "trestle" for any railroad bridge of any kind is the same kind or even worse media ignorance as calling any form of paved surface at an airport "tarmac" (Just for info, tarmac is an abbreviated name a very specific form of early road surface developed in nineteenth century England formally named Tarred Macadam.)

A trestle is a type of bridge consisting of short spans, usually multiple spans and low in height. Sometime it is used to refer to higher bridges consisting of multiple steel or concrete spans, but the Patomac River bridge at Harper's Ferry is most emphatically NOT a trestle.

Can we change the title here to Most Photogenic Amtrak Bridges or Most Photogenic Bridges Used by Amtrak. After all, the Harpers Ferry bridge is actually owned by CSX. In fact, most of the bridges over which Amtrak trains operate outside the Northeast Corridor will be owned by a railroad company, not by Amtrak.

 

[jis]

Here you go.... Hell Gate Bridge Approach: http://www.flickr.com/photos/37996646559@N01/2596467871/lightbox/

And here is another favorite of mine.... the Huey P. Long Bridge Approach: http://livingnewdeal.berkeley.edu/lndp-content/uploads/2012/06/120-Huey-P.-Long-Bridge-Copy-1000x750.jpg

 

[SP&S]

PLEASE, let's call these things bridges, not trestles.

Believe it or not I have a friend who retired from the UP a number of years ago who insists on calling them "trellises". Yes, I know he's wrong but sometimes it's better to just smile.

 

[zephyr17]

Gaviota trestle. And, yes, it is a bridge, but it generally called Gaviota trestle.

 

[Shanghai]

Here you go.... Hell Gate Bridge Approach: http://www.flickr.com/photos/37996646559@N01/2596467871/lightbox/
And here is another favorite of mine.... the Huey P. Long Bridge Approach: http://livingnewdeal.berkeley.edu/lndp-content/uploads/2012/06/120-Huey-P.-Long-Bridge-Copy-1000x750.jpg

Jis,

Nice photos of Slovenia & Austria and of the Hell Gate Bridge.

 

[Shanghai]

If a viaduct counts as a trestle or bridge, below is the Paulians Kill Viaduct

near Hainesburg, New Jersey. It was the largest concrete structure in the

world when constructed.

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w82/shanghai34/00Paulins_Kill_zps98398b65.jpg

 

[tomfuller]

The Steel Bridge over the Willamette River just east of PDX. http://www.flickr.com/photos/80651083@N00/201179105/

This bridge is now over 100 years old.

 

[FriskyFL]

Whirlpool Rapids Bridge, Niagara Falls (photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons):

 

[anir dendroica]

Along the Empire Builder route. All of these are genuine trestle-type structures, not especially photogenic themselves but in picturesque landscapes.

Two Medicine Bridge just east of Glacier NP:

http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000hUuEOBtMsVg/s/900/900/empire-builder-amtrak-train-two-medicine-bridge-glacier-park-1330.jpg

Trestle just west of Cut Bank, MT:

http://i822.photobucket.com/albums/zz146/PerryPlatypusSnigglesPoof/Real%20Railroad%20Photos/Marias%20Pass/IMG_1000.jpg

Gassman Coulee Trestle just west of Minot, ND, the highest bridge on the route.

http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/1/2/5/2125.1280068080.jpg

 

[crescent2]

Enjoying the pix, thanks!

 

[fairviewroad]

the Patomac River bridge at Harper's Ferry is most emphatically NOT a trestle.

Nice how in the middle of a lecture on terminology he misspells both the name of the river and the name of the town.

 

[Notelvis]

Wells Viaduct just northeast of Toccoa, GA.

 

[jmx53]

Salt Creek Trestle east of Oakridge, Oregon. CS crosses twice a day. The North end is easily accessible to photographers from a gravel logging road off of Hwy 58.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/springfieldhomer/12580852/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sjb4photos/5271476190/

http://pixdaus.com/amtrak-coast-starlight-by-unkannyvalley-snow-train-trestle-w/items/view/259271/

 

[TraneMan]

I like the ones that Anir has posted for the Empire Builder.

 

[Swadian Hardcore]

Very nice pictures! I like the Salt Creek Trestle, it's an actual trestle and goes through great scenery! Plus it's curved by a mountain.

 

[Texan Eagle]

If bridges are allowed, not just trestles, the Susquehanna river bridge at Havre De Grace along NEC is pretty spectacular.

 

[Henry Kisor]

Harpers Ferry originally was Harper's Ferry, but the possessive apostrophe is still used by many literate folks. Same with Peggys Cove near Halifax. It was originally Peggy's Cove and there can be pub-clearing waterfront brawls over the proper spelling.

 

[user 1215]

I have amended the topic name appropriately.<br /><br />What is the bridge that the SSL/TE crosses the Pecos River? In El Paso there are two bridges that cross the Rio Grande near the border. One is a very big bridge span and the other is much more down to earth. Only pic I have is <a href="https://maps.google.com/?ll=31.788157,-106.528029&spn=0.013242,0.065875&t=m&z=15&layer=c&cbll=31.788156,-106.52804&panoid=V8QP05jsUp9JAP6YQuTv8Q&cbp=11,241.74,,0,-8.56" data-cke-saved-href="https://maps.google.com/?ll=31.788157,-106.528029&spn=0.013242,0.065875&t=m&z=15&layer=c&cbll=31.788156,-106.52804&panoid=V8QP05jsUp9JAP6YQuTv8Q&cbp=11,241.74,,0,-8.56">Google Maps</a>. <img class="bbc_emoticon" title="" src="http://discuss.amtraktrains.com/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.png" data-cke-saved-src="http://discuss.amtraktrains.com/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.png" /><br /> 

 

[Ocala Mike]

OK; this pic was on the cover of the Amtrak System Timetable a few years back:

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=124706