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C&BL - NS RR Bridge at Bend

Cambria County, Pennsylvania

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Facts 

Overview
Pratt through truss over NS RR on C&BL
Location
Parkhill, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
Status
Intact but closed to all traffic
Railroad
- Conemaugh & Black Lick Railroad (C&BL)
Design
Pratt through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.36003, -78.85911   (decimal degrees)
40°21'36" N, 78°51'33" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/681789/4469917 (zone/easting/northing)
Elevation
1400 ft. above sea level
Inventory number
BH 83902 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Cambria County, Pennsylvania (70)
Closed (2,765)
Conemaugh & Black Lick Railroad (6)
Owned privately (1,966)
Parkhill, Pennsylvania (3)
Pennsylvania (6,309)
 Pratt through truss (6,228)
Pratt truss (10,536)
Railroad (16,665)
Through truss (17,868)
Truss (36,770)

Update Log 

  • December 30, 2018: Updated by Clark Vance: Added categories "Conemaugh & Black Lick Railroad"
  • December 30, 2018: Updated by Dana and Kay Klein: Added category "Conemaugh & Black Lick Railroad"

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C&BL - NSRR Bridge at Bend
Posted February 4, 2019, by George Oakley (Georgeoakley49 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Thanks,Phillip.That answers a lot of questions.

C&BL - NSRR Bridge at Bend
Posted February 3, 2019, by Phillip Shoop (Psilovetrains [at] aol [dot] com)

Track went to the slag dump, bridge had the nickname "hot metal bridge" by c&bl track gangs, theres 2 bridges here one over the river and one over the ex PRR mainline, the bridge over the mainline is lined with bricks about halfway up to prevent molten slab from falling into the PRR tracks

C&BL - NSRR Bridge at Bend
Posted December 30, 2018, by George Oakley (Georgeoakley49 [at] yahoo [dot] com )

Thanks,Dana and Kay.Looks like a spur that dead ends at the quarry or whatever business that is.

-_ _ RR-NSRR Bridge at Bend
Posted December 30, 2018, by Dana and Kay Klein

Nice find George, Maybe a spur or Branch? Not sure.