Norfolk Southern Railway Overpass

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Norfolk Southern Railway Bridge

The top train was a Bowater local heading back to Rock Hill on the SB liune while the bottom train is an Atlanta-bound intermodal train on CSX.

Photo taken by Joseph Hinson

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BH Photo #270781

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Description

Built by the Southern Railway to cross the Seaboard Air Line Railroad. It is located on the old Southern SB Line which ran from Marion, NC to Kingtree, SC. NS ownership now ends near the Catawba River. All traffic is local freight by Rock Hill and the former Bowater paper plant in Catawba.

Facts

Overview: Bridge over CSX Railroad on Norfolk Southern Railway
Location: Catawba, York County, South Carolina
Status: Used daily by NS trains
Railroads: - CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Seaboard Air Line Railway (SAL)
- Southern Railway (SOU)
Design: Pony plate girder
Approximate latitude, longitude: +34.85287, -80.91152 (decimal degrees)
34°51'10" N, 80°54'41" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/508088/3856730 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Catawba
Inventory number: BH 58844 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

November 4, 2017: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
October 31, 2017: Updated by Royce and Bobette Haley: date
November 21, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Mapped
November 21, 2013: Added by Joseph Hinson

Sources

Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
Joseph Hinson - joethephotog [at] yahoo [dot] com
Luke