Nace Road Trestle
Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2015 2:03 pm
There are many trestles along the Norfolk Southern Shenandoah Division mainline that runs from Roanoke, VA to Hagerstown, MD. This is one of them. Situated in Botetourt County, VA, it crosses the road to Nace about a mile from US-11. All the bridges on this line were rebuilt back in the 1930’s by the Norfolk and Western Railway to a stronger design in order to handle the larger engines and traffic loads.
To Scale by br1078phot, on Flickr
Just to give you an idea of the size of the structure
Roller Coaster by br1078phot, on Flickr
In camera panorama scan
Water Barrel Platform by br1078phot, on Flickr
So the caboose crew could put out tie fires, which were fairly common in the days of coal fired locomotives
Foundations To The Past And Future by br1078phot, on Flickr
Left over from the previous bridge
Connections by br1078phot, on Flickr
Lattice by br1078phot, on Flickr
See all thirteen photos at
https://www.flickr.com/photos/7699588@N ... 000472348/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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To Scale by br1078phot, on Flickr
Just to give you an idea of the size of the structure
Roller Coaster by br1078phot, on Flickr
In camera panorama scan
Water Barrel Platform by br1078phot, on Flickr
So the caboose crew could put out tie fires, which were fairly common in the days of coal fired locomotives
Foundations To The Past And Future by br1078phot, on Flickr
Left over from the previous bridge
Connections by br1078phot, on Flickr
Lattice by br1078phot, on Flickr
See all thirteen photos at
https://www.flickr.com/photos/7699588@N ... 000472348/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
PF
