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Caption:
Eastbound (southward) CP Rail extra powered by a MLW M636 and three Chessie geeps....
...on the Seguin River trestle ….
... captured from beside the former OA&PS drawbridge – about 3.0 km from the CPR - now (as of capture date) the CN Depot Harbour spur mile 4.9, aka the Rose Point Road swing bridge ( today aka Wasausking swing bridge),
With a Nikkor 200mm f4 lens, July 22, 1984 Kodachrome by S.Danko
some have the whole bridge in the shot:
Ryan
AWM
noteworthy
Thursday, June 17 1908 edition of the North Star Parry Sound newspaper: "Although the hour was late, or rather early (at) 1:30 a.m. about five lucky people were on the platform Monday morning when the first CPR train over the new line from Toronto to Winnipeg pulled into the station at Parry Sound"
….. 1:30 a.m. !........ five fans at the CPR station ! ….... Frothies' in 1908 !......... yes !
Details Details:
Engineering:
Metal 7 Panel Rivet-Connected Pratt Deck Truss,
Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal 12 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Deck Truss,
The trestle is 1,695 feet (517 m) long; 105 feet (32 m) high; the main span length 165 Feet (50.3 Meters).
And I have yet to get a pic of the whole trestle !
sdfourty
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