Railroad bridge demolition (sorta)

Thames River, CT a bit of a mess as the construction company waited until they had the new bridge superstructure in to figure out that they couldn't disassemble the old one! Here you see the rusty counterweight of the old bridge surrounded by the new bridge's parts to create a drawbridge effect.

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If/when they do figure it out, the Northeast Corridor will be down for the duration, as this is the way to get from Boston to NYC. According to our local paper, "The frustration level of those affected by the Thames River railroad bridge closure reached new heights Wednesday as Amtrak contractors set yet another schedule to finish the project."

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Leaning to the right... 

Update

Text under this link for the curved image was missing when published. What I had said to explain this seemingly simple image is that the Acela train uses these rails, and it is a high speed train that leans to one side or the other in order to lean into a turn-thereby allowing it to make the turns faster without tipping over.

It looks like I have the camera accidentally at an angle, but I don't!The rails, wires, and supports all lean into the turn!

Something wrong with the site, as the image I uploaded, with the right title, is not what is shown. The title you see does not match the image that the title goes with. The following link should take you to a close-up of the bridge, showing the rusty counterweight stuck inside a new, shiny grey superstructure:

Railroad bridge demolition (sorta) 

(just liek the link at the top of this article should have (note the same name). The image is _MG_7919_003, which you see at the top of the pop-up window an image is shown in when you click for the links in each article.

I also had added another shotwhich had not made it to publish:

A nice swim 

These guys were swimming under the rails, completely unaware of the $76M budget being exceeded as the whole family went for a leisurely swim in the shade of one of the massive [mechanical] cranes at the site.

The last image that was missed was this one, which was taken at the loswest levels of the subway in Manhattan where I saw the biggest rats running around on the platform I have ever seen: You should see the rats down here!

Sorry that some of that was missing...  No idea how, but it must have made the post look really confusing! :)

Typical sight in New Mexico Coyote_Fence_in_Santa Fe

Someone wanted to see a larger version of my thumb from a previous post, so here it is with a bit more manipulation to tone down the effects of the midday sun  Art_Nook___redo

And one more Santa Fe Art Scene Copy_of_Jesus_Said_

 
--Pat 

 

 

Rail Worthy 

One Foot.

Don't Look Down

In the Pink

On the way to work at 6:00AM on a winter morning, #1 morning train , #2 DSCF2310, Another day on the way home, #3 PDC_0112 , #4 PDC_0113. Here are some from other trails, #5 White_Barn_2 , #6 Barn_with_big_tree_1 ,. One more from a trip along Lake Huron,#7 PDC_0071  All have a rail or two

 

 

rails_1 This is my second post since joining, and both of the photos have light trails... I really am a bit more diverse than that, I promise! This one was asking for it though...

view of a yorktown _rail plus from the last challenge what is it? _MG_0060  

Well I have a fascination with rails and I got excited about this challenge! Here is my first rail a cross processed image.  My second rail is in Hawaii overlooking Diamond Head.  My third rail is just shiny! And my last rail is a 4 minute pinhole image under the I-5 bridge leading to Washington State.  Well there you go! Two film rails and two digital rails!

 

Comments are always welcome! 

Rail Worthy

Dizzying

Coming Home

 

Look a-yonder comin'
Comin' down that railroad track
Hey, look a-yonder comin'
Comin' down that railroad track
It's the Orange Blossom Special
Bringin' my baby back

Two shots from Cape Ann in Massachusetts.  For the Challenge.End of The Neck Flags and Rails 

Had a great weekend camping at the Quantico MCB campground on Lake Lunga.

Here are a few "Rails" from that trip.

Near our camp site. Sunset Rails

In the farming area of Mount Vernon, VA. Mount Vernon Rails

At the entrance to the George Washington Grist Mill near Mount Vernon. Grist Mill Rails

 

Some shots from a local flower garden.  They've had these trains set up for a couple of years now, it's really an attention getter.

Log cabin in the garden 

Church in the garden 

Train in the garden

Rails to nowhere Canyon rails 2 Canyon rails Moab rails 

Rails that Guard, rails that to keep it in the yard, rails that guide your walk, and rails that help with the battle fought, but my favorite is Riding the rails

 Please let me know what you think of my rails.

Horse rails

All American

Keep away

Bull rails   

Getting around on the west part of San Francisco. Take the Judah down to the beach and to the Java Cafe Judah Car and Java Cafe. Off to the Zoo on the Taraval Taraval Car 

The_R_Ranch_035 This is a shot of a trip to the mountains with my daughter in law and granddaughter, they are crossing a small creek filled with ducks on the way to the lake. This is my very first post and I'm still figuring things out here, I'm trying to enter the rails contest so I hope this works!

Thought you would like to see a wooden rail and a wooded rail.   wooden rail -    and   Wooded rail 

 

 

New Tricks......