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Norfolk Southern Railway Overpass

York County, South Carolina

Photos 

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

View this photo on Flickr

BH Photo #270781

Map 

Street View 

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)

Categories 

Built 1928 (1,177)
Built during 1920s (9,955)
CSX Railroad (1,667)
Catawba, South Carolina (1)
Girder (10,295)
Have street view (27,060)
Norfolk Southern Railway (1,948)
Open (39,975)
 Owned by railroad (12,493)
Plate girder (7,979)
Railroad (15,600)
Seaboard Air Line Railway (116)
South Carolina (512)
Southern Railway (363)
Through girder (3,840)
York County, South Carolina (16)

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

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