Saving a bit of history

Dale.....great save! I love the fence! I've saved a few relics, too......but your fence is sweet! Tom in PGH

I agree, great save.  That is a beauty.

Dale: Nice job and great save. Do you happen to have any photos of the old bridge and/or fencing?

dale, the fence looks alot better on your property than it would in a blast furnace. way to go!.....jim

Dale,

Can't beat the look!  Thanks for sharing!

Bruce

Bridge runs over CSX road the former B&O. Had to be raised so double stackers could go through. A lot of people used to photograph trains from the old bridge. Probably not any more,the new one will not have a sidewalk. Bridge is about 20 miles north of Sandpatch. In the background of photo 4 through the trees is the old school building I own and restored.

Dale H

 Cool

And you'll never have one so well made,made so cheap

Dale,

That is so cool. I love to see history preserved.

Dale,

You didn't happen to save the cobblestone road surface for some future project did you?

Joe

Wife and I were up there last Feb. It was a beautiful day, and I was trying out a (new to me) used manual focus 28 mm 3.5 nice old Nikkor.

This is looking east from the bridge

We walked down to just below the signals, off a town playground, and took these photos of an autorack, probably Q216.

Joe

No, it was covered with asphalt and in pretty bad shape. the guys doing the bridge were pretty anxious to get started,they had a slash and burn mentality. However I let them use the adjacent property to store their equipment and work trailer. The contractors have been very nice to me. They moved my shrubs instead of killing them and put up the fence for free,a very professional job. A very good work crew. amazing what American construction workers can do if they want to. 

I tried to get a caboose off the railroad instead of payment for a condemned strip of land they took for the bridge.,they had one parked down the line near Meyersdale. It was a safety caboose but they were still using it. There was a big crane there for the bridge beams that would have picked it right up and set it on my vacant lot. 

What I learned is that a lot of people are not very interested in preserving history,they simply do not care. I have learned to be proactive about these things. 

When I purchased this building near the bridge it was in very bad shape,I have been restoring it for about 10 years now. Perfectly good school houses have been knocked down simply because of lack of interest. Even individually without cooperation people can make a difference. Anyway a nice place for my new layout. 

Dale H

Here is another effort to preserve a bit of history by someone in a town. Geiger Station up the road from me was I think a milk stop. The man remains on duty 24/7. Love seeing this when I drive into town from Shanksville. Sadly much of our history and a way of life is vanishing.  

Glad you were able to save a piece of history, Dale.

I never knew you were from 'around here'!

Dale,

On another thread you showed a picture of your house.  It appeared to have been a church in a former life.  Preserve and repurpose seems to be a recurring theme with you.  Thank you for demonstrating one individual can make a difference.

Joe