UP/C&NW Bridge over Cedar River in Cedar Rapids, IA

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Steven J. Brown posted
Union Pacific 3985 at Cedar Rapids, Iowa - June 18, 2002.

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Marty Bernard posted four images with the comment:

Trains on the C&NW Gauntlet Bridge over the Cedar River, Iowa

C&NW trains crossing the Gauntlet Bridge over the Cedar River at Cedar Rapids, IA on June 29 and Aug. 11, 1979.  The diagram shows how the double track mainline (left) becomes narrow (right) to go over the bridge.  For details see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauntlet_track

Bill Kuba photos, Iowa Chapter NRHS collection

𝙉𝙊𝙏𝙀: UP has made it into a double track bridge which can easily be seen south of town on a Google Map.

John Markl: Gauntlet or Gantlet?

Jon Roma: John Markl, both spellings are accepted.

Steven W Panek: John Markl. I've always referred this as a gauntlet.

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Patrick Hansen posted
My friend gave me this picture long time ago as he know I like C&NW. if I remember correctly C&NW train got derailed at Cedar River in Cedar Rapids.

Dave Kroeger: This the famous Christmas Day derailment of 1978 on the Cedar River Bridge. Either train 250 or 252 was involved. I remember going to see the cleanup as they used the Clinton and Marshalltown big hooks to remove the rubble.

Dennis A. Wilson: Made it a double track in 2002.

Greg Koenes: They had another one on that bridge a couple of years after they double tracked it