Just loving your awesome photography Tim. I'd love to see your photos in a book one day. This bridge is amazing!!! I guess it is one of the longest timber bridges in North America now, right? Speed restriction???
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Cool line. Too bad it's at night most days.
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Very neat and hard to believe that still exists! Has to be one of the longest wood trestles, if not the longest, left in service these days?
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| Posted by Pierre on May 1, 2016 | |
Hi everyone, sorry to tell you that the bridge is totally destroyed now. See the link below for more info. http://globalnews.ca/news/2663445/mayerthorpe-school-mobile-home-park-evacuated-due-to-massive-trestle-fire/
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Pierre... You're out to lunch. This trestle is still intact.
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Which trestle burned then? There was a post to Facebook group here in New Zealand but I don't recall the bridge being that well identified. New Zealand railways once abounded in wood trestles but not anymore.
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It was another much smaller trestle just west of Mayerthorpe that burned down. And to answer your question from a while ago John, there is a 10mph restriction on the bridge pictured above.
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| Posted by Pierre on May 3, 2016 | |
Hello, I'm sorry the other bridge ( Mayerthorpe ) is north of this one, they look similar but the Mayerthorpe trestle is curved, this one is straight. They are not very far.
My mistake.
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