Tuesday, September 5, 2017

1929+1944 NS/NYC/LS&MS Movable Bridge in Sandusky Bay Causeway and "DB" Draw Tower

1944: (Bridge HunterHistoric Bridges, SatelliteStreet View)

The railroad causeway across Sandusky Bay has four bridges to pass the flow of water. The bridge across the navigation channel has a movable span. 

Photo taken by Chicago Line Railfan via BridgeHunter-1944, License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA) 

RED ALERT: this bridge was not at this location. See HERE for the correct location of this bridge.
The original movable span was a swing bridge.
Photo provided by OhioLINK Digital Resource Commons via BridgeHunter-1929


This span has been replaced by a rolling bridge span: open, closed. I added the label bridgeGirderSteel because it is rare for a movable span to use girders instead of a truss.

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NS 7543 leads a westbound NS manifest across Sandusky Bay on the evening of June 12, 2021. In researching the bridge, I have not been able to find the year or builder/designer but it seems to be built in the the moveable single leaf bascule design common of the Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Company but it is unknown if they were the builders or not. While the bridge was once manned it is now remotely controlled.
In the background, Cedar Point can be seen rising above the lake.
June 12, 2021
Power:
NS 7543 - ES44DC
NS 4394 - AC44C6M

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Joe Granger: Still goes up and down daily.
Dennis DeBruler: Joe Granger Judging by a satellite image, it is normally down.

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NS 28B with two BNSF GEs for power, passes over the Bay Bridge on the NS Chicago Line in Bay View, Ohio.
November 25, 2022
Bay View, Ohio
Power:
BNSF 8066 - ES44C4
BNSF 4697 - C44-9W
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Darren Reynolds posted four photos with the comment:
"DB" Draw.  Sandusky Bay , OH.
Photos by: David P. Oroszi....   1981
Don't know RR???
Gary Dickinson: NYC/Big Four
Larry Stone: LS&MS, not Big Four. Big Four had a branch to Sandusky (long abandoned) from the southwest but the bridge wasn’t part of it. DB is still active under NS ownership and sees Amtrak’s Lake Shore and Capitol Limiteds.
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More comments on Darren's post

Obviously, this was a run through from BNSF to NS.
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BNSF 7644 leads NS 206 across the Sandusky Bay in Bay View, Ohio.
May 27, 2022
Bay View, Ohio
Power:
BNSF 7844 - ES44DC
BNSF 5226 - C44-9W
Roger Riblett shared

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AN eastbound NS Intermodal with BNSF power crosses a frozen Sandusky Bay.
December 26, 2022
Bay View, Ohio
Power:
BNSF 7107 - ES44C4
BNSF 6612 - ES44C4
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NS train 60T crosses over Sandusky Bay as it heads eastbound on the Chicago Line with all UP power.
April 9, 2023
Bay View, Ohio
Power:
UP 7171 - AC44CW
UP 7926 - AC45CCTE
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