Alabama Southern Railroad Editors Pick!        
Eastbound CSX detour train (ABS #100-21) coming in from Artesia, Mississippi, crosses the Black Warrior River bridge in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. A rare treat of three ES44DCs on this short-line. Hard to believe all the wooden "sticks" hold up the weight.
Date: 2/21/2009 Location: Tuscaloosa, AL   Map Show Tuscaloosa on a rail map Views: 2281 Collection Of:   Rick D
Locomotives: CSX 5266(ES44DC)    Author:  Rick D
Alabama Southern Railroad
Picture Categories: This picture is part of album:  Alabama Southern Railroad (ABS)
Share
User Comments
Name Type Comments Date
Olaf Junges General Wow, what for a bridge construction. Nice location, great shot! 2/22/2009 3:49:46 AM
David Stewart General Nice location and Great shot! Good catch! 2/22/2009 9:40:58 AM
Doug Wolfe General Great photo. That bridge looks like heaven for termites. 2/28/2009 2:39:27 PM
Keith Wilhite General Great shot, and those crewmen must be sweating bullets on that pile of kindling! 2/28/2009 3:58:53 PM
Allan Williams General i have been to this bridge and it is definately amazing that it can support those locomotives. 3/1/2009 6:41:26 AM
Jacob Nelson General Amazing how a wood trestle could hold all of that weight 3/1/2009 11:30:49 PM
David Abeles General Nice shot! I bet that structure was rockin' & rollin' under that load!! 3/2/2009 4:14:04 PM
Fred Stuckmann General It doesn't seem fair. Kinzua blew down and was made of steel. Glad they made it across. Thanks. 3/17/2009 6:33:38 PM
David Barrentine General Great Catch! 3/23/2009 11:58:39 PM
William H. Davis Jr. General Excellent shot 12/20/2009 10:50:32 PM
Rick D General Thanks...! Yes it is hard to believe that wood can hold all that metal up. It was fun chasing these KCS/CSX "detour" trains. This shot location is now obstructed due to some city parking/lighting equipment that has been built for the nearby amphitheater. A real shame... 5/17/2012 10:33:53 PM
Jim Dodds General What an incredible shot. The architecture of this bridge is really neat. A wooden railway trestle. I'll echo what everyone above me is saying about it holding the weight. Wow! Seen on the homepage! 8/13/2014 10:32:41 PM
James Buchkovich General Terrific shot. Seen on Homepage. 10/26/2018 12:06:21 PM
Scott Crotwell General Nice bridge action shot! 10/1/2019 11:24:28 AM
Ben Kranefeld General Fantastic shot! Seen on homepage 8/20/2020 6:56:22 PM
Matthew Zisi General Nice shot! Homepage 12/20/20! 12/20/2020 3:04:40 PM
Tom Beckett General Cool shot, great view. Amazing how much weight a timber trestle can take. Those diesels weigh in at about 400,000 lbs each. Home page 09-25-2021 9/25/2021 4:09:30 AM

Add a Comment:  
Please Log in to leave a Comment.  
Link to this page: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1499947