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Is the wooden roadbridge with walkway at the east end of Conway still open for train watching?

@prrjim posted:

Is the wooden roadbridge with walkway at the east end of Conway still open for train watching?

Hello Jim, to my knowledge, it is still open, and fans are even getting away with parking their cars on it, which used to be a surefire way to get kicked off back in 2012. I haven't been out to the east end since 2015, mostly because the action is pretty tame (in my opinion) and hard to shoot with one camera. It's a popular spot though, most of the  Youtubers who started out in the past three to five visit it at least once, and a few have semi-regular stints there.

I grew up near there in Ambridge and after moving away with my adult job, went back periodically to visit my Mom who still lived there.    When my Children were small, I would take them down there for an hour or so to watch trains. 

I never parked on the bridge or drove over it.    I always parked on the street near the bridge and walked over.    There used to be a donut shop 1/4 block away that made it a good spot too.    On one visit during the conrail era, the tower operator, apparently, had placed a printed copy of the train lineup for the day under a rock on the trash barrel that was on the bridge then.

I typically shoot stills, so finding a couple of trains waiting to enter the yard was an opportunity.    However, I have not been there for years now.