The Bridge That Time Forgot

Lead paint.  No modern product would adhere like that today.

Peter

where did you go to Med school??

I was at University @ Buffalo from

1982-1985

and Buffalo State from 1987-1993

Malcolm

I was there 75 to 79. Lived on Main St at Amherst St, across from the Iroquois Bakery and near where the Belt Line crossed under Main by the Trico Plant.

Buffalo has an amazing RR history.....I only wish I had paid attention to it while I lived there!

Peter

You can't beat a landmark name like the NYC. Time tested in more ways than one.

Hope you had a wonderful time at your med school reunion.

Nice... We have quite a few bridges around here with the C&O for progress still painted on the sides. The best was when I was a kid I grew up in Plymouth Michigan. one of the bridges over Hines Park Drive still had Pere Marquette painted on it in the late 70's.

Wish I would have take a picture of it back then.

Great picture! I agree with the statement above....that lead paint lasted forever!

Alan

OK, there's a bridge with the "GM&O" initials and trademark wings about a hundred

miles north of here (GM&O merged into Illinois Central Gulf in 1972); I MUST photograph it, before...

Here's a "new" New York Central Bridge"

This is not as spectacular but I am glad I got it! It is in Crawford  MS. I like the NYC bridge too, glad it survived.

Rob, are they installing that bridge, or stealing it? 

Installing , brand new.

Here is an ole Northern Pacific bridge still standing even though the railroad is long gone..

This one is my favourite, although it does need some repairs.

Just a short look around almost any state will provide evidence of the fallen flag railroads. The railroads were a part of our once mighty industrial past. Thousands of abandoned spurs, branch lines, mainlines, bridges, grade crossings, and stations still dot the landscape. Most travelers no longer travel by train, and our vast industrial might has been moved to communist China. I was not around during the golden days of railroading but what has happened to our rail system is nothing less than terrible. The old logos of the railroads are reminders of a prosperous past but at the same time show us just how low we have sunk.

Cool pictures guy's and gals, will have to check around my area for any.

Tin 

This thread reminds me of the old Norfolk and Western bridge over the Parkway West Just before you go through the Fort Pitt Tunnel and into Downtown Pittsburgh.  I do not know when these pictures were taken, but the bridge is still there.

Great pictures. Thank you for posting!

Gilly

Took this one last summer.

I'm glad someone had a photo they knew was recent.  Something people coming into Pittsburgh for the first time comment about is how it looks like they are out in the mountains, going under the former N&W bridge, around the bend, through Mount Washington, and emerge from the tunnel on the bridge taking them across the Monongahela River with a closeup view of downtown.

Thanks everyone for your responses......Mark...I've driven under that N&W bridge south of Pittsburgh many times......it certainly is a beauty!

Peter

That new york central bridge gets repainted. a few years ago some one painted Lionel Lines on it, soon afterwards it got repainted to N.Y.C.

The bridge you shot in buffalo is going to look good in miniature on my layout, complete with the graffiti on one side. (Oh well, real world touches and all that)

Thanks for posting it.  The responses to your thread are providing a wealth of good stuff for other O gauge modelers.

Ed Boyle

Peter or any Others,

If you want to see some Buffalo RR history, come up to the TTOS Convention August 5-9 of this year. In addition to 1 to 1 scale trains we are going to have some fantastic home layout tours as well. Not to mention the trading hall, raffles, auction, welcome party at the naval park, banquet, and a bunch of fun.

Regards,

Randall Giroux

President TTOS

Regularly painted.....oh no! I'm crushed!

But it was still great to see!

Peter

Wow  That was some paint they used back then.   There are a number of overpasses in Northern New Jersey that still have Erie markings on them but  And its a big but  These are concrete overpasses and Erie was carved into them not painted

Looks to me more like the name "Erie" was spelled out with leftover bathroom tiles!   This one is in Allendale, NJ.

- Mike

Very cool pictures, all !

--Greg

I cropped it a little closer so you can see the tile effect a little better.

Very cool, Mike!

Peter

GOOD STUFF.  

This is a recent photo of the one of the many railroad bridges in Milford. The C&O for progress was recently just painted over last year.

The other picture , a GTW bridge in another town, unfortunately was vandalized 

You can't lick lead paint!  

Sorry, I thought you wrote "The Bride that time forgot" My mistake. Don