D&W - Wapsi Backwaters Trestle

Photos 

Trackside

Looking SW down the tracks towards the bridge. This railroad line was once one of four Chicago and Great Western mainlines that radiated from Oelwein, IA, which is NE of here. This particular line once ran all the way to Kansas City and hosted high speed passenger trains and long freights. Now it is just a humble branch line from Waterloo to Oelwein.

Photo taken by Dylan VanAntwerp in February 2013

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BH Photo #249350

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Timber stringer bridge over Old Wapsinicon River Channel on D&W Railroad

Location

Black Hawk County, Iowa

Status

Open to traffic

Railroads

- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Chicago Great Western Railway (CGW)
- D&W Railroad (D&W)
- Iowa Northern Railway (IANR)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)

Design

Timber stringer

Also called

IANR - Wapsi Backwaters Trestle

Approximate latitude, longitude

+42.59656, -92.12251   (decimal degrees)
42°35'48" N, 92°07'21" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/571989/4716387 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Littleton

Inventory number

BH 55600 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• February 20, 2013: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: Added categories "Chicago Great Western Railway", "Chicago & North Western Railway", "Union Pacific Railroad", "Iowa Northern Railroad", "D&W Railroad"

Sources 

• Dylan VanAntwerp - dylan_vanantwerp [at] live [dot] com

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