Ed Montgomery commented: > I was looking at the January picture and more than the > locomotives I was captivated by the close up picture of the > bridge. Mill Rift looks like a very old structure that had > been upgraded to handle heavier traffic, maybe in the 20s. > When was the bridge built? It will probably be able to > continue to carry traffic well into the 21st Century. A colleague of mine here at work shot a lot of photos at Mill Rift, and he said it was a difficult place to get a good shot. Most people took shots like this camera photo (an artsy, low-to-the-ground sharp angle) or from the hill at the oppsite side, an elevated and slightly more broadside (but still wedgy) shot. The image of the bridge is interesting for the weathering (modelers, you taking note?) - looks like a combination of rust and dirt along the bottom of the top horizontal beam. Also interesting from this angle is the interconnection of the X-shaped members and the detail of the stone piers (note the weathering on those, too) What struck me as interesting is the small bit of snow around the coupler, but nowhere else on the lead GP35. Huh? - Paul ------------------------------
This HTML page is © 2000-2008 Blue Moon Online System and The Railfan Network
This page and the data contained therein may not be reproduced
for any form of commercial use without the explicit permission
of J. Henry Priebe Jr. or his duly authorized agent.