CSX/PM Abt Trunnion over Saginaw River in Saginaw, MI

(Bridge Hunter, Historic Bridges; Satellite) 

Bridge Hunter: Photo taken by C Hanchey in June 2012

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC)

Since the only other bridge in town is a swing bridge, it was easy to find on Google. Fortunately, the 3D option worked pretty well on this bridge. Compare this bridge to the PM Bridge in Port Huron to see how the counterweight goes down while the machine room goes back down the diagonal rack.

Google 3D

Birds-Eye View, note the image is older because it still has the tower

Tom Shumaker posted three photos with the comment: "A railroad drawbridge over the Saginaw River, Saginaw, Michigan."

1, cropped

2, cropped

3, cropped

Mtnclimberjoe Rail Photography posted

As the sun sets in Saginaw, Michigan, a pair of Lake State Railway GP's lead empty CSX grain train V765 across the Saginaw River. The train is bound for interchange with the Mid-Michigan Railroad where it will be loaded.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/mtnclimberjoe50/51655544033/

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4/3/2021

LSRC Dean Sub

Saginaw, MI

LSRC V765 (Saginaw, MI to Paines, MI)

LSRC 805 GP40 Ex. HATX 805, CSX 6753, SBD 6753, SCL 1598 Blt. 1970

LSRC 1171 GP40M-3 Ex. FURX 1171, CSX 6568 GP40, CO 3793 Blt. 1971

Roger Riblett shared

Douglas Butler posted
Source from Michigan Railroads CSX Abt Bascule Bridge is the last Bascule Bridge in the state of Michigan located in Saginaw.

Tom still hasn't learned to turn his phone 90 degrees.

Martin Burk Flickr photo with a Detroit & Mackinac locomotive.