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RE: (erielack) Gladstone Branch (NJ) bridge?
Gentlemen-
Pictures of the Hogback Bridge as it was:
http://TrainNut.Railfan.net/ELmainpage/rowpage.htm
About 2/3rds down the page you will see:
Far Hills (MP 38.95)
West end of Far Hills Interlocking, which didn't come out to well. A meet
on the Far Hills siding with a west bound train. The Far Hills freight
house is the structure on the right. Approaching county route 512 and the
Hog Back Bridge in the morning light going east. Approaching Hogback
bridge going west. I think the dirty window caused the pictures to come
out blurry/foggy like.
Courtesy of an un-named NJT Conductor.
- -Joe Jordan
At 10:34 PM 3/11/03 -0500, Paul R. Tupaczewski wrote:
>There's no huge significance, other than this bridge is one of the few
>remaining through-truss (and I believe it's pin-connected, too) bridges
>left in NJ that's still in use...
>
> - Paul
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: erielack-owner_@_lists.railfan.net
>> [mailto:erielack-owner_@_lists.railfan.net] On Behalf Of A Samostie
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 10:14 PM
>> To: erielack_@_lists.railfan.net
>> Subject: Re: (erielack) Gladstone Branch (NJ) bridge?
>>
>>
>>
>> Dear Group,
>>
>> I rode the DL&W MUs on the Gladstone Branch once in the early
>> 1980s, but I'm not at all familiar with branch, nor with the
>> bridge. Does anyone have a photo of it that they can submit
>> to the list? What is its historical or architectural
>> significance in the annals of DL&W structures?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Alan <quahog at sprint.ca>
>> ELHS #3178
>>
>>
>> DLW1155_@_aol.com wrote:
>> >
>> > The activity you saw is the preliminary work for replacement of the
>> > famed Hogback Bridge. Much groundwork has to be done before the new
>> > span is put into place. NJ Transit announced its plan to
>> replace the
>> > current structure late last year. Sevral newspapers carried
>> the story.
>> > The actual removal of the old bridge and placement of the new span
>> > will be doen over a week end starting early on a Friday
>> evening after
>> > the last rush hour trains terminate and will go around the
>> clock to be
>> > ready for the Monday morning rush. No exact date has been
>> announced as
>> > yet.
>> >
>> > NJT is looking to prserve the old bridge and has offered free of
>> > charge to anyone who can cart it away.
>> >
>> > Al Holleuffer
>>
>>
>
>
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