1921: (Bridge Hunter; Historic Bridges; Satellite)
T&P = Texas & Pacific Railway
NO&P = New Orleans & Pacific Railroad
As we have seen with other Strauss trunnion bridges, these "elephant ear" counterweights have square holes so that it is easy to adjust the weight to keep the bridge balanced.
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| Bertis Tamplain added, cropped UP4202 entering the old bascule bridge over Bayou Plaquemine. Hoping to catch the Big Boy here. Bill Neill shared [The comments indicate that it no longer opens because the Plaquemine lock is permanently closed.] |
I'm glad that experienced railfans are motivated to get out in industrial areas when capturing the Big Boy to avoid the crowds. Note that since this is not a "railfan area," the smoke stack is not "putting on a show" and pouring out black smoke.
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| Travis Gordon posted August 20, 2021 UP 4014 crosses over Bayou Plaquemine into its namesake town of Plaquemine, Louisiana on a Strauss Built bascule bridge from 1921. |
This 1920 bridge replaced the original 1881 swing bridge.
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| BridgeHunter-1881, License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA) |
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