The original bridge for this route was the St. Louis & Southwestern Railroad bridge that was completed on Nov 22, 1871. [SouthernIllinoisRailroads, this has several photos of the pre-1926 bridge]
Bill Molony includes a nice summary of the EVWR in the Man/June 2018 Blackhawk Railway Historical Society newsletter, Spike and Tie:
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| Satellite |
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| Satellite, Swing Span |
Maunie Railroad Bridge
From the Progressive Railrioading website 8 March 2018 (and local news websites on previous two days);
". . . .U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) has announced a $10 million TIGER grant to rebuild approaches to the Maunie Railroad Bridge in Posey County, Indiana. Built in 1926, the bridge's timber approaches on both the Indiana and Illinois sides are in "dire need of replacement," according to a press release issued by Donnelly's office. "
Link to fuller descrption:
https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/usdot-a...
[Bridge Hunter]
Bill Molony includes a nice summary of the EVWR in the Man/June 2018 Blackhawk Railway Historical Society newsletter, Spike and Tie:
This railroad commenced its first operations on January 1, 2006. The line was once part of the Louisville & Nashville's former Saint Louis Subdivision route that previously terminated in the metro-area of East St. Louis, Illinois before being embargoed and slightly shortened under CSX ownership during the fall of 1993.
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| Satellite, Illinois Approach |
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| Satellite, Indiana Approach |
Bridge Hunter includes photos of a train on the timber trestle.
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| Brendan J Dock shared |
5 photos Manual operation of the swing span was possible until the 1970s.
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