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| Ronald L. Jackson posted
River and railroad traffic halted after boat hits Sabula bridge.
SABULA, Iowa (KWQC) — The Sabula Railroad Bridge will be out of commission until officials can determine if it's safe after a towboat hit it late Thursday night, May 4, 2017. The Coast Guard says the waterway will also be closed until the bridge can be checked by divers.
Coast Guard officials say they received a notification at 11:45 p.m. of the towing vessel Dottie Strait colliding with the Sabula Railroad Bridge at mile marker 535 on the Upper Mississippi River, near Clinton, Iowa.
Officials say there were no reported injuries or pollution.
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| Jeff Picka posted Chicago, Milwaukee, St Paul, & Pacific RR bridge across the Mississippi River, as seen from Sabula IA. This bridge was mainly used for trains running from Chicago Union and Milwaukee to Omaha and to Kansas City (via Davenport). After the CNW broke its alliance with the Union Pacific, UP passenger trains used this route from Chicago to Omaha and beyond. |
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| Chris Ness posted Savanna Sabula Bridge The Milwaukee Road bridge across the Mississippi River between Savanna, Illinois and Sabula, Iowa. In 1965, while in college near there, my friend John and I walked out there (from the distant Illinois side) to visit the operator, got a ride on it as it opened for some barges to go by and the operator arranged for us to have a "lift" back on a passing engine. Those were different, more innocent times. Today, between the lawyers and Homeland Security, it couldn't happen. 12/08 |
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| Ardi Carl shared
We have just uploaded selections of the Milwaukee Road (east) from our John F. Bjorklund Collection. The album includes this shot of a westbound Milwaukee Road freight train crossing drawbridge over the Mississippi River in Sabula, Iowa, on October 21, 1978.
View the entire album at our website: www.railphoto-art.org/collect…/bjorklund/milwaukee-road-east
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| Mark Hinsdale posted A Canadian Pacific crew from Savanna IL crosses the former Milwaukee Road swing bridge spanning the Mississippi River into Sabula IA, where it will perform some switching of cars in the small yard there. |
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| William Brown posted Work going on CPR's Mississippi River Bridge at Sabula, Iowa. New control structure that may be for remote operation by Train Dispatcher. The barge damage from earlier this year to the protective pilings. |
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| Michael Sanders posted July 1947, Sabula Rail Bridge. Could this be the Southwest Limited? Headed by a Class F-3 Hudson? Thanks. Photo from the John N Sanders collection. [The comments indicate that this is really a Class A 4-4-2 Atlantic on the Midwest Hiawatha.] |
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| PNylin Photography posted First of the season,a sure sign of spring! Pool 13 Sabula Iowa Northbound 3/16/2021 Phillip Nylin shared |
Thomas Wisnieff posted two photos with the comment: "CP Mississippi Swing Bridge at Sabula,IA/ Savanna, IL."
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Three photos posted by Jan Danielsen with the comment: "Theresa L. Wood and William E. Lawson. River pool 13 Sabula, Iowa---Savanna, Illinois."
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| 1 of 3 photos posted by Jan Danielsen William E. Lawson Sabula, Iowa River pool 13. |
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| Jan Danielsen posted Sabula, Iowa--Savanna, Illinois. Mark Duley coming down and John D. Nugent waiting. Picture taken at 12:39 from our bass boat. BUSY day for towboats and barges in this area. 9-18-2 Dennis DeBruler: And a nice view of the main spans of the CP and US-52 bridges. |
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| David Webster posted Brad Montgomery: Sabula |
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| Adam Christman posted May 9th, 2024. On a rainy miserable afternoon in eastern Iowa, a unique event is taking place. A steam locomotive known as "The Empress" is making a transcontinental journey from Calgary, Alberta, Canada to Mexico City, Mexico, via the extensive route now possible by the Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern merger. After making a detour eastward towards the Chicago area, the train turned back west across the state of Illinois to cross over the Mississippi River (again) at Sabula. CP 2816 will probably be the only STEAM locomotive to traverse the entire continent of North America through all three of its countries. Adam Christman posted with the same comment |
Jan Danielsen posted three photos with the comment: "William E. Lawson assisting Mark Duley at the Railroad swing span Sabula, Iowa. 9-18-24. Pictures taken from our boat 9-18-24."
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(new window) It opens at 4:40 for what looks like a 6-barge tow. Even though it is moving rather slow, it generates quite a bit of wave action against the shore. It looks like the towboat has a pilot house that goes up and down.
(new window) The narration made sense after I realized the first towboat we see is in front of the tow. At 0:50 we see the front towboat is actively pushing backwards! When he panned across the tow, I saw only four barges. A normal 15-barge tow would be five barges deep. The front towboat must stay attached and go through the locks at the front of the tow.
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| Facebook Reel (source) CPCK 4-6-4 Empress #2816 |
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| Facebook Reel (source) CPCK 4-6-4 Empress #2816 |
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